HIGHWAYMAN Synonyms

• an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

• a circular segment of a curve

• a long staff with one end being hook shaped

• bend or cause to bend

• someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

• someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

• lasting for a markedly brief time

• someone who attacks in search of booty

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

• contrary to or forbidden by law

• disobedient to or defiant of law

• declare illegal; outlaw

• someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

• someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

• a ship that is manned by pirates

• copy illegally; of published material

• take arbitrarily or by force

• someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

• a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence

• a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

• someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination

• a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it

• a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it

• someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination

• a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it