train robbers
Stagecoach criminals' cousins
Train robbers are people who hold up trains to steal cargo, valuables, or money from passengers.
The term evokes the American Old West, where outlaws like Jesse James targeted railroads carrying payroll and gold shipments: The train robbers made off with the strongbox before the posse arrived.
- outlawsFugitives from justice
- banditsArmed robbers, often roving
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
- holdupTheft by threat
- heistOrganized large-scale theft
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- roguesrogue, rogues, scoundrel, scoundrels, rascal
- Railroad Historyrailroad barons, railroad workers, rail workers, conductors, firemen
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Famous private detective agency
lawmen · marshals · sheriffs · law enforcement · Pinkerton agents
train robberspickpockets
Those who steal belongings
petty thieves · shoplifters · embezzlers · cybercriminals · con artists
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