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Pad :: Pad (n.) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.

Padder :: Padder (n.) A highwayman; a footpad.

Highwayman :: Highwayman (n.) One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.

Procrustes :: Procrustes (n.) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes..

Footpad :: Footpad (n.) A highwayman or robber on foot.

Brigand :: Brigand (n.) A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter..

Ramp :: Ramp (n.) A highwayman; a robber.

When :: When (adv.) While; whereas; although; -- used in the manner of a conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause, having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal proposition; as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have continued an honest man; he removed the tree when it was the best in the grounds..

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