highway robber
- a word derived from highway robbery.
Example Sentences
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The English writer, comedian and TV host is a highway robber in 1735 in the zany Apple TV+ series, playing a gentle soul in the harsh world of forest-based stick-ups, witches and curses.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
While other cities fell to these forces, Tabriz resisted, and a leader emerged: Sattar Khan, a former highway robber who had transformed into a principled freedom fighter.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2022
Invoking the name of the infamous 18th Century highway robber Dick Turpin, Ms Cooper questioned the past conduct of some rail operators.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2012
The Cairo press calls him "savior of the people," the Israelis say "highway robber," "treacherous wolf."
From Time Magazine Archive
Morgan, at that time, however, acting under the rules of regular warfare, and not, as now, in the capacity of a highway robber.
From Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South by Stevenson, William G.
