bandito
Sombrero-wearing criminal type
Bandito is a playful or romanticized term for a bandit, evoking the image of a Mexican outlaw or Wild West desperado.
The Spanish-inflected spelling adds flavor—suggesting someone dashing or roguish rather than merely criminal: He fancies himself some kind of bandito.
Often used humorously or affectionately.
Armed robber, often rural
- desperadoBold, reckless outlaw
- highwaymanMounted thief targeting travelers
- robberOne who steals by force
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
plunderer · raider · thief · marauder · gangster · rustler · gunman · mobster
One who revolts
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- renegadeDeserter of a cause
- mutineerSailor who revolts
dissident · subversive · militant · insurrectionist · separatist · radical · outlaw · resistance
brigand
Armed robber, often rural
- desperadoBold, reckless outlaw
- highwaymanMounted thief targeting travelers
- robberOne who steals by force
criminal · plunderer · raider · thief · marauder · gangster · rustler · gunman · mobster · hoodlum
insurgent
One who revolts
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- renegadeDeserter of a cause
mutineer · dissident · subversive · militant · insurrectionist · separatist · radical · outlaw · resistance · uprising
sombrero
Wide-brimmed Latin headwear
- ponchoHeadhole garment for rain
- desperadoBold, reckless outlaw
- six-shooterRevolver holding six rounds
saloon · frontier · stagecoach · gold-rush · sheriff · dusty · canyon · Mexico · border · cantina
manhunt
Search for a suspect
fleeing · evader · escapee · runaway · clandestine · covert · disguise · sanctuary · refuge · bounty
- Wild Westcowboy, howdy, sheriff, giddyup, lawmen
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Spaghetti WesternsSergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, spaghetti western, Mexican standoff, poncho
- one-armed banditLever-operated gambling machine
- make out like a banditGain disproportionate advantage
- masked banditDark-eyed nocturnal mammal
- one-arm banditLever-activated gambling device
- time banditSomething stealing your hours
- trash banditGarbage-raiding masked mammal