time bandit: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- A petty criminal or small‑time thief; a person who commits minor crimes rather than serious offenses.
- A colloquial label for someone who habitually engages in low‑level criminal activity.
Examples
BetaThe police caught a time bandit who had been stealing small electronics from local stores.
La policía atrapó a un ladrón de poca monta que había estado robando pequeños aparatos electrónicos en tiendas locales.
We heard that the time bandit was only responsible for minor thefts, nothing too serious.
Supimos que el ladrón de poca monta solo era responsable de pequeños robos, nada demasiado grave.
She was arrested last night as a time bandit after shoplifting some groceries from the supermarket.
Fue arrestada anoche como ladrona de poca monta después de robar algunos comestibles del supermercado.
Since he was just a time bandit, the judge gave him a light sentence and recommended community service.
Como solo era un ladrón de poca monta, el juez le dio una sentencia leve y recomendó servicio comunitario.
- A familiar or jocular nickname for a person who unpredictably causes trouble or 'steals' opportunities, often used in friendly or teasing contexts.
- A playful epithet for someone perceived as wasteful of others' time or likely to 'take' time away from an activity.
Examples
BetaWatch out for Jim, the office time bandit; he always swoops in and steals the best project ideas.
Cuidado con Jim, el ladrón de tiempo de la oficina; siempre aparece y se lleva las mejores ideas de proyectos.
You’ve been a real time bandit today, constantly interrupting our meeting with off-topic questions.
Has sido un verdadero ladrón de tiempo hoy, interrumpiendo constantemente nuestra reunión con preguntas fuera de tema.
They jokingly called her a time bandit because she kept delaying the group’s plans with last-minute changes.
La llamaron en broma ladrona de tiempo porque seguía retrasando los planes del grupo con cambios de última hora.
Examples:
- EN: 'Cause we need somebody to stay here with Splinter... in case the time bandit here decides to flip out.ES: Es que necesitamos a alguien que se quede aquí con Splinter... en caso de que el bandido del tiempo decida moverse de aquí.
- EN: I was a small time bandit, a pickpocket in Odessa, and I've spent years in prison.ES: Yo era un pequeño bandido, robaba en las calles de Odessa, estuve mucho tiempo en la cárcel.
- EN: We got to get back out there on the street... and use our god-given abilities to catch this time bandit!ES: ¡Tenemos que volver por ahí a la calle y usar las habilidades que nos ha dado Dios para coger esta vez al bandido!
- EN: It's the time bandit!ES: ¡Es la hora bandido!
- EN: I thought you were just some random time bandit.ES: Creí que era un bandido temporal cualquiera.ID: Salahku. Aku pikir kau hanya beberapa bandit waktu acak.
- EN: time bandit will live to be 100.HI: ऩच्चचीस भं औय सौ का हजाय भं बफकने रगा.HI: एक लम्हा जीने के लिए 100 बार मरना पड़ता हैHI: एक लम्हा जीने के लिए 100 बार मरना पड़ता है।
- EN: now that she's available, time bandit, its time to go where the sun don't shine.TE: మొలకలను నాటడానికి, వెచ్చని, కాని వేడి రోజు, మరియు సూర్యరశ్మి సైట్ చేరుకోలేనప్పుడు ఇది సమయం మంచిది.
- EN: Because we need somebody to stay here with Splinter... in case the time bandit decides to flip out.ID: Sebab kami membutuhkan seseorang untuk tinggal disini menemani Splinter dalam kasus bandit waktu yang memutuskan hubungan.
- EN: Scott hllstrand, son of captain johnathan, worked on the time bandit before his uncle andy ceremoniously fired him.TE: కెప్టెన్ జొనాథన్ కుమారుడు స్కాట్ హాల్స్ట్రాండ్, అతని అంకుల్ ఆండీ అతడిని ఉత్సాహంగా తొలగించడానికి ముందు టైమ్ బందిపోటుపై పనిచేశాడు.
- EN: Jamie is a time bandit.TE: బిళ్వాష్టకాలలో జమ్మి ఒకటి.
- EN: Old time bandit, that Fu Xiyu.ES: ¡Qué bandido, ese Fu Xiyu!
- EN: Old time bandit, that Fu Xiyu.ES: ¡Qué bandido, ese Fu Xiyu!
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