stagecoach robber
Old West outlaw
A stagecoach robber is someone who held up horse-drawn coaches to steal money, valuables, or mail from passengers and cargo.
The term evokes the American Old West, where masked bandits on horseback would stop coaches on remote roads: The stagecoach robber demanded everyone's jewelry at gunpoint.
Now largely historical or used in Western fiction.
- outlawFugitive from justice
- banditArmed roadside thief
- holdupTheft by threat
- stand and deliverHighwayman's robbery order
- hands upSurrender gesture demand
highwayman · masked · black hat · gunslinger · Wells Fargo · stickup · frontier · desperado · reward · posse · wanted · loot · gold · gold rush · dusty · reins · ambush · six-shooter
- thievesthief, burglar, pickpocket, shoplifter, cat burglar
lawfulness
stagecoach robberlawman
Enforcement officer
sheriff · marshal · deputy · bounty hunter · Texas Ranger
stage, coach, robber, stages, staged, staging, coaches, coached, coaching