bandido
Desperado on horseback
Bandido is Spanish for bandit or outlaw, used in English to evoke the romanticized Mexican bandit of Western folklore—mustachioed, armed, often on horseback.
The word carries a swaggering, sometimes cartoonish connotation: He dressed up as a bandido for Halloween.
It also names a prominent outlaw motorcycle club.
Armed robber, often rural
- highwaymanMounted thief targeting travelers
- desperadoBold, reckless outlaw
- renegadeDeserter of a cause
- marauderOne who raids for loot
raider · plunderer · rustler · gunman · pillage · ambush · lawless · notorious
Secret place of refuge
- manhuntSearch for a suspect
- escapeFlight from captivity
- evadeEscape by cunning
- on the lamEscaping from police
wanted · flee · pursuit · elude · clandestine · incognito · disguise · underground
Bold, reckless outlaw
- pistoleroSpanish term for gunman
- revolverPistol with rotating chamber
- six-shooterRevolver holding six rounds
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
posse · spaghetti · saloon · wanted poster · stagecoach · Winchester · holdup · frontier
Organized large-scale theft
raid · ambush · stagecoach · ransom · kidnapping · armed robbery · highway robbery · pillage
Irregular armed fighter
- insurgentOne who revolts
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
Pancho Villa · Zapata · militant · separatist · defiance · subversive · mountain · jungle
brigand
Armed robber, often rural
- highwaymanMounted thief targeting travelers
- desperadoBold, reckless outlaw
- renegadeDeserter of a cause
marauder · raider · plunderer · rustler · gunman · pillage · ambush · lawless · notorious · infamous
hideout
Secret place of refuge
on the lam · wanted · flee · pursuit · elude · clandestine · incognito · disguise · underground · untraceable
desperado
Bold, reckless outlaw
- pistoleroSpanish term for gunman
- revolverPistol with rotating chamber
- six-shooterRevolver holding six rounds
sheriff · posse · spaghetti · saloon · wanted poster · stagecoach · Winchester · holdup · frontier · canyon
heist
Organized large-scale theft
plunder · raid · ambush · stagecoach · ransom · kidnapping · armed robbery · highway robbery · pillage · spoils
guerrilla
Irregular armed fighter
- insurgentOne who revolts
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
uprising · Pancho Villa · Zapata · militant · separatist · defiance · subversive · mountain · jungle · campesino
- one-armed banditLever-operated gambling machine
- make out like a banditGain disproportionate advantage
- banding togetherUniting for common purpose
- masked banditDark-eyed nocturnal mammal
- one-arm banditLever-activated gambling device
- rubber bandingDynamic difficulty balancing system