footpad
a highwayman or robber who goes on foot.
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How to use footpad in a sentence
Its plan is to simply sell NASA whatever dirt accumulates on its lander’s footpads, and it’s under no obligation to bring the regolith back to Earth.
NASA Will Buy Lunar Dust in the First Commercial Transaction on the Moon | Edd Gent | November 14, 2022 | Singularity HubWhat if a footpad started sinking into the moondust, or the Eagle sprung a leak?
I had not seen a European for more than two years, and I looked myself like a Tibetan footpad.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sven HedinOthers, assuming higher ground, resented silent boot as taking unfair advantage of the burglar or footpad.
"Your age hath taught you but little wisdom, if it hath taught you that I am a footpad," I said.
The Coming of the King | James Hocking
We won't shoot the bison, no matter what happens; he's like a gentleman assailed by a footpad.
The Three Sapphires | W. A. FraserA footpad had attacked him the night before, taken him by the throat and robbed him, leaving him half-dead in the road.
The Golden Triangle | Maurice Leblanc
British Dictionary definitions for footpad
/ (ˈfʊtˌpæd) /
archaic a robber or highwayman, on foot rather than horseback
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