train robber
Old West outlaw
A train robber is someone who robs trains, typically by boarding and holding up passengers or forcing entry to cargo cars.
The term evokes the American Old West, where outlaws like Jesse James and Butch Cassidy became legendary for stopping trains at gunpoint: The train robbers made off with the payroll shipment.
- outlawFugitive from justice
- banditArmed roadside thief
- masked banditDark-eyed nocturnal mammal
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
- Jesse JamesInfamous frontier bandit
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- Outlawsoutlaw, bandit, desperado, highwayman, rustler
- Plundererslooter, marauder, pillager, plunderer, raider
- thievesthief, burglar, pickpocket, shoplifter, cat burglar
- transit offendersfare evader, turnstile jumper, trespasser, ticket scalper
- fugitivesfugitive, escapee, escaped convict, runaway, prison escapee
criminal role/method
train robberpickpocket
Thief who steals carried items
cybercriminal · insider trader · embezzler · fraudster · shoplifter
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