Hypertext Webster Gateway: "banditti"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bandit \Ban"dit\, n.; pl. {Bandits}, or {Banditti}. [It. bandito
outlaw, p. p. of bandire to proclaim, to banish, to
proscribe, LL. bandire, bannire. See {Ban} an edict, and cf.
{Banish}.]
An outlaw; a brigand.
No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. --Milton.
Note: The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective
noun.
Deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti. --Sir
W. Scott.
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