bandolero means an outlaw or bandit, especially in Spain or Mexico. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
bandolero is pronounced /ˌbændəˈleəɹəʊ/.
Why “bandolero” is a great word
BANDOLERO — [Noun] A highwayman or brigand, particularly one operating as part of a roving gang in Spain or Latin America. Borrowed from Spanish bandolero, from banda ("band, gang") + the agent suffix -olero, ultimately meaning "one of a band." Unlike a desperado, whose name evokes a reckless, solitary violence native to the American frontier, or a highwayman, who conjures the theatrical, lone road-agent of England, a bandolero is defined by his membership in a mobile, rural fraternity. He is the sudden silhouette against a parched, mesa-dotted horizon, the jingle of spurs from the shadow of a canyon pass, the cruel division of spoils around a sparse campfire—a figure whose menace is the ancient, collective rhythm of predation woven from the harsh fabric of the land.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bandolero.
noun
- An outlaw or bandit, especially in Spain or Mexico.“Mexico was torn by revolutionary turmoil, and the eastern border state of Tamaulipas was unable to control the bandoleros who plundered and murdered...”