bandit

[US]/'bændɪt/
[UK]/'bændɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mtakatari, mwiba
Word Forms
Pluralbandits
Third Person Singularbandits

Phrases & Collocations

one-arm bandit

mchezaji mmoja

Example Sentences

The desperate bandit's firing at the police!

Mpangaji mwenye kiu ya kukata tamaa anakimbia kwa risasi polisi!

The bandits laid for him in the dark.

Wapangaji walimwanda gizani.

The bandit struggled desperately.

Mpangaji alijikakamua kwa bidii.

The bandit bared his teeth in an insolent smile.

Mpangaji alifunua meno yake kwa tabasamu ya kiburi.

bandits carried off his mule.

Wapangaji walisababisha farasi wake.

The police frustrated the bandits' attempt to rob the bank.

Polisi walizuia jaribio la wapangaji kuiba benki.

She aimed a pistol at the bandit point-blank.

Alilenga bunduki kwa mpangaji kwa karibu sana.

The bandits broke into the jewelry and stole near all the valuable necklaces.

Wapangaji walivunja nyumba ya kujitia na kuiba shilingi nyingi.

The bandits descended on the defenseless village.

Wapangaji walishushwa kwa kijiji kisichojua kinga.

He went to the bandits' lair all by himself!

Alikwenda kwenye mahabari ya wapangaji peke yake!

The police frustrated the bandit's attempt to rob the bank.

Polisi walizuia jaribio la mpangaji kuiba benki.

The bandits hung him by a rope from the branch of a tree.

Wapangaji walimfungia kwa mnyororo kutoka kwenye tawi la mti.

This is the cottage where the bandits once holed up.

Hii ndio nyumba ndogo ambapo wapangaji walificha mara moja.

The bandit kicked at the legs of Jack.

Mpangaji alagiza miguu ya Jack.

Bandits broke into our house and stole all our money.

Wapangaji walivunja nyumba yetu na kuiba pesa zetu zote.

Bandits sometimes pose difficulties for the police.

Wapangaji wakati mwingine husababisha shida kwa polisi.

The bandit chief surrendered himself to despair and took his own life.

Mkuu wa mpangaji alaji kwa kushangazwa na kuchukua maisha yake.

The bandits struggled to tear her away from the safe.

Wapangaji walijikakamua kumtoa kutoka kwenye bati.

He put a preoccupation with the opportunity to speak, like a bandit squatting on roadside, ready covetously to a highway robbery.

Alivutiwa na fursa ya kuongea, kama mpangaji amekaa barabarani, tayari kwa wizi barabarani.

The bandits fled in disorder when they heard that a regiment of soldiers were maching to their den.

Wapangaji waliondoka kwa utaratibu wakati waliposikia kuwa kikosi cha majeshi kinakimbia mahali yao.

Real-world Examples

They keep out bandits and things like that.

Wao huwafukuza majambano na vitu kama hivyo.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

We advised the bandits to surrender themselves to the police.

Tuliwashauri majambano kujisalimisha kwa polisi.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

We do not, however, call it a rubbish bandit.

Hata hivyo, hatuitaki kama majambano takataka.

Source: VOA Special January 2022 Collection

But Manny made out like a bandit.

Lakini Manny alifaulu kama majambano.

Source: Diary of a Little Kid 1: Haunted House Ideas

Netizens hence mocked these new yogurts as " bandits" .

Watumia mtandao walimzidi kushtumu yogurts hizi mpya kama “majambano”.

Source: Intermediate English short passage

The bank was robbed by a gang of bandits.

Benki iliombwa na kundi la majambano.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

He described those behind the latest abductions as bandits.

Haliwe kuielezea wale nyuma ya uongozi wa kuomba mahabusu kama majambano.

Source: BBC World Headlines

She was among the unofficial runners known as bandits.

Yeye alikuwa miongoni mwa wajari wasio rasmi maarufu kama majambano.

Source: VOA Special April 2022 Collection

The bandit robbed Ted of all the money he had.

Majambano aliomba Ted pesa yote aliyo nayo.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

The two bandit brothers had disappeared into the San Juan Mountains.

Majambano hao wawili waliondoka katika Milima ya San Juan.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

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