as in brigand
a man especially in the past who stopped travelers on roads and robbed them
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Recent Examples of highwayman
In the irreverent retelling of the 18th-century highwayman’s life, Turpin is the most famous but least likely of robbers, whose success is defined mostly by his charm, showmanship, and great hair.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
Written by Fielding, Richard Naylor and Jon Brittain, the series followed the contemptuous life of the 18th-century highwayman, known in York, England, as a thief, poacher and killer but whose exploits have been widely romanticized in modern culture.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
The group gets further assistance from a charming aristocratic dandy/secret highwayman named Charles Devereaux (Frank Dillane).
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
The performer arrived in Nashville six years ago as a mystical highwayman of sorts, older than his years.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2024
Ride along Rotten Row, a bridleway once frequented by highwaymen, who preyed on people traveling between Kensington Palace and Whitehall, the seat of government.
—Anna Kim, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024
The group gets further assistance from a charming aristocratic dandy/secret highwayman named Charles Devereaux (Frank Dillane, The Essex Serpent).
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2024
Protection has long been needed against highwaymen—or, as they’re called locally, coupeurs de route.
—Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2017
When a highwayman makes the mistake of trying to stick her up, a tiny golden spark — Billy — flies into her nose.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
Written by Fielding, Richard Naylor and Jon Brittain, the series followed the contemptuous life of the 18th-century highwayman, known in York, England, as a thief, poacher and killer but whose exploits have been widely romanticized in modern culture.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
The group gets further assistance from a charming aristocratic dandy/secret highwayman named Charles Devereaux (Frank Dillane).
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
The performer arrived in Nashville six years ago as a mystical highwayman of sorts, older than his years.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2024
Ride along Rotten Row, a bridleway once frequented by highwaymen, who preyed on people traveling between Kensington Palace and Whitehall, the seat of government.
—Anna Kim, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024
The group gets further assistance from a charming aristocratic dandy/secret highwayman named Charles Devereaux (Frank Dillane, The Essex Serpent).
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2024
Protection has long been needed against highwaymen—or, as they’re called locally, coupeurs de route.
—Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2017
When a highwayman makes the mistake of trying to stick her up, a tiny golden spark — Billy — flies into her nose.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for highwayman
Noun
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Looking eastward, the notion that Iran, which took hundreds of thousands of casualties in repelling an Iraqi juggernaut in the 1980s, is going to melt in terror in the face of several thousand ISIS brigands is absurd.—
Steven Simon,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Aug. 2014
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Captured by brigands, the immigrants are herded into a remote Libyan prison camp where they are tormented and tortured.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Feb. 2024
Noun
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Robbery by bandits and natural disasters posed constant threats.—
Abdo Riani,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Those who bought Amazon in 1998, for example, or Tesla in 2012, or Nvidia in 2020 correctly foresaw the respective explosions of online shopping, EVs, and the AI revolution—and made out like bandits.—
Prarthana Prakash,
Fortune,
26 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Some of the pirates were already waiting there in speedboats.—
Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Ozzy Osbourne could've been a pirate — and wife Sharon still regrets not letting him.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Production is set to begin in coming months on the movie about a horticulturalist who moonlights as an assassin.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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Twice in this story, Nadia describes her desire to become an assassin—not a killer for hire but someone who kills bad guys pro bono.—
Willing Davidson,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Williamson spends the entire movie moving from one L.A. locale and subculture to another, meeting a motley crew of criminals rich, scrappy, and everything in between, along the way.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
24 Feb. 2025
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Might be important later: the criminal was able to gain entrance to the White Lotus property when Valentin pulls up on his motorcycle to the security gate to chat with Gaitok, at the exact moment a random SUV containing the thief sails through.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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To me, Florida is almost a mythical place – filled with cowboys, outlaws, rebels, and adventurers.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2025
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The musical follows Elmer McCurdy, an outlaw who was killed in a shootout with police in 1911 and then had his mummified corpse put on display and later made the rounds on the carnival and sideshow circuit.—
Caitlin Huston,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Martín Ramírez’s large Caballero features a magnificent desperado pointing his gun as his almost-hieroglyphic horse rears its head — a brilliant universal altarpiece.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2024
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The respectfully flirtatious dynamic between Cobby and his friend’s shrink feels more formulaic, but effective enough, as Dr. Rivera’s presence gives these two desperados (one of whom was badly shot during the robbery) reason to live.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2024
Noun
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As a felon, he is prohibited from owning or possessing any firearms.—
Steven Mross,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Now, a federal judge has sentenced the woman, 46, to seven years and two months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute heroin, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a Feb. 14 news release.—
Julia Marnin,
Sacramento Bee,
18 Feb. 2025
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