"time bandit" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1983, Mark Porter, The Time of Your Life, Victor Books, page 101",
          "text": "The telephone can be as much of a time bandit as the drop-in visitor.",
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          "ref": "2005, J. Allen Queen, Patsy S. Queen, The Frazzled Principal's Wellness Plan: Reclaiming Time, Managing Stress, and Creating a Healthy Lifestyle, Corwin Press, page 88",
          "text": "Perfectionism is a time bandit that can rob you of extra time, lead you away from your priorities, and create emotional stress.",
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          "ref": "2012, David Stam, Andrew Scott, Inside Magazine Publishing, Routledge, published 2014, page 124",
          "text": "Every member of the department can identify somebody inside or outside the department who is a time bandit: a person who is stealing their precious time.",
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        "Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive."
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        "(informal, idiomatic) Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive."
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          "word": "time burglar"
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        "(informal, idiomatic) Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive."
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