highwayman

• And his one experience as a highwayman was by no means his only experience with the wrong side of the law. —  Mary Balogh - Daring Masquerade.html
• She knew only about his activities as a highwayman, and those were unsavory enough. —  Mary Balogh - Daring Masquerade.html
• A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is only a great gang. —  Antiwar.com Original
• There was the whole town of Ohadi to testify that the highwayman was a big man, of the build of Harry, and that he spoke with a Cornish accent. —  The Cross-Cut
• Just helps himself to what he wants like a highwayman, and then sheers off and looks out for another. —  Carette of Sark

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

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