highwayman
Roadside horse thief
A highwayman was a robber who stopped travelers on roads, typically on horseback and often at gunpoint: Stand and deliver!
The term belongs to 17th- and 18th-century England, when poorly patrolled roads made coach travel dangerous.
Highwaymen have been romanticized in folklore as dashing rogues, though most were simply criminals who faced hanging if caught.
Armed roadside thief
- footpadAnimal's plantar surface
- road-agentFrontier holdup criminal
- thiefOne who steals
- plundererOne who loots
holdup · stickup · robbery · loot · heist · pillage · cutpurse · marauder
Horse-drawn route vehicle
- mailcoachHorse-drawn postal vehicle
- turnpikeFee-charging highway
- gibbetExecution display structure
- gallowsExecution hanging apparatus
tavern · pistol · flintlock · tricorn · cape · mask · cloak · duel
One fleeing authorities
- renegadeDeserter of a cause
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- desperadoBold, reckless outlaw
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
scoundrel · ruffian · knave · blackguard · miscreant · felon · wanted · hunted
bandit
Armed roadside thief
- footpadAnimal's plantar surface
- road-agentFrontier holdup criminal
- thiefOne who steals
plunderer · holdup · stickup · robbery · loot · heist · pillage · cutpurse · marauder · brigand
stagecoach
Horse-drawn route vehicle
gallows · tavern · pistol · flintlock · tricorn · cape · mask · cloak · duel · bounty
fugitive
One fleeing authorities
vagabond · scoundrel · ruffian · knave · blackguard · miscreant · felon · wanted · hunted · lawless
swashbuckling
Flamboyantly daring and heroic
- dashingSpiritedly stylish and bold
- gallantCourageously attentive and refined
- daringAdventurous courage
adventurous · rogue · cavalier · chivalrous · escapade · legend · ballad · folklore · antihero · dandy
lurk
Hide while observing
roadside · traveler · victim · demand · threaten · pistol · surprise · attack · robbery · coach
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Outlawsoutlaw, bandit, desperado, robber, rustler
- Plundererslooter, marauder, pillager, plunderer, raider
- roguesrogue, rogues, scoundrel, scoundrels, rascal
- thievesthief, robber, burglar, pickpocket, shoplifter
- Georgian EraGeorge III, Georgian architecture, Regency, Jane Austen, Adam style
highwaymansheriff
County's chief officer
lawman · constable · police · marshal · law officer
highwaymanpickpocket
Thief who steals carried items
cutpurse · sneak thief · burglar · shoplifter · cat burglar