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BANDIT

The term bandit,from the Italian bandito, originally meant an exile, banished man, or outlaw, and hence, as persons outlawed frequently adopted the profession of brigand or highwayman, the word came to be synonymous with brigand, and was around the late 19th century applied to members of the organized gangs which then infested some districts of Italy, Sicily, Spain, Greece, and Turkey.
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