road-agent
Old West bandit
A road-agent is a bandit who robs travelers on roads or highways, especially in the American West during the 19th century.
The term evokes stagecoach holdups and frontier lawlessness: The road-agent demanded the strongbox at gunpoint.
Now chiefly historical or used for period flavor.
stagecoach
Horse-drawn route vehicle
bounty · territory · gunslinger · desperado · wanted · saloon · goldrush · pioneer · livery · lawman
bandit
Armed roadside thief
- brigandArmed robber, often rural
- holdupTheft by threat
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
robbery · desperado · footpad · outlaw · ambush · masked · pistol · traveler · coach · horseback
road-agentvictim
One harmed by another
traveler · robbery victim · coach driver · mark · prey
road-agenttrain robber
One who holds up locomotives
bank robber · cattle rustler · pirate · horse thief · pickpocket
road, roads, roadway, roadways, roadside, roadsides, agent, agents, agency