highwaymannoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhaɪ.weɪ.mən/us/ˈhaɪ.weɪ.mən/plural -men uk/-mən/usin the past, a man on a horse and carrying a gun who stopped people travelling on public roads and stole from them
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Murderers & attackers
- abductor
- assailant
- assassin
- attacker
- bandit
- beater
- butcher
- cyberbully
- death squad
- gunman
- hitman
- killer
- mugger
- murderer
- parricide
- poisoner
- regicide
- shooter
- slayer
- strangler
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