highwayman

Rachel says the locals would enjoy telling them stories about how the forest is reputedly haunted by the ghosts of legendary highwayman Dick Turpin, Queen Boudicca and many more.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

“Dick Turpin” stars Noel Fielding, best known here from “The Great British Baking Show,” as a potted version of the legendary 17th century highwayman, the accidental leader of a gang of brigands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024

In the late 1950s, Zorro grew especially popular because of a Disney television series featuring handsome Guy Williams as the daredevil highwayman.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2019

On this date in 1879, the stages between Maricopa and Phoenix were held up so frequently that acting Gov. John W. Gasper offered a bounty of $500 for every highwayman caught in the act.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 9, 2017

Everyone knew that the difference between an unemployed mercenary and a highwayman was mostly one of timing.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The modern-day Robin Hood story followed mask-wearing highwaymen the Clown and the Wolfman.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025

Thieves practicing the Welsh folk tradition of Mari Lwyd encounter two resurrected 19th-century highwaymen.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2023

Above all, Mackay is a compelling storyteller, whatever his topic: haunted houses, phony relics, celebrated highwaymen, the clever guiles of fortune-tellers.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2019

“From Cockney rhyming slang to codes swapped among highwaymen, they’re tribal badges of identity, bonding mechanisms designed to distinguish the initiated, and to keep strangers out.”

From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2017

“The more you keep them two highwaymen in the dark, the better off you is. You jus’ got the royal treatment and don’t have clue the first ’bout it.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis