garbage bandit

slang A raccoon. Raccoons have a penchant for rooting through trash for food, and the coloring around their eyes is often likened to the stereotypical mask attributed to thieves and bandits. Our trash cans got knocked over again? Ugh, must be those darn garbage bandits at it again. That's no cat—it's a garbage bandit! A: "What was that crash?" B: "Looks like a fox and a garbage bandit are currently rooting through our trash."