road agent
See also: road-agent
English
Alternative forms
- road-agent
Noun
road agent (plural road agents)
- (chiefly US, archaic) A criminal who accosts travelers and robs them.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Silverado Squatters, ch. 1:
- The highway robber—road-agent, he is quaintly called—is still busy in these parts.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Silverado Squatters, ch. 1:
Synonyms
- highwayman; See also Thesaurus:highwayman