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footpad

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foot·pad 1  (ftpd)
n.
A thief who preys on pedestrians.
[foot + obsolete pad, highwayman (probably from Middle Dutch pad, path; see pent- in Indo-European roots).]
foot·pad 2  (ftpd)
n.
A plate or similar structure on the leg of a spacecraft that distributes weight and helps prevent sinking after landing.
footpad [ˈfʊtˌpæd]
n
(Historical Terms) Archaic a robber or highwayman, on foot rather than horseback
foot•pad (ˈfʊtˌpæd)

n.
a highwayman or robber who goes on foot.
[1675–85; foot + pad2, in sense “highwayman”]
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.footpad - a highwayman who robs on footfootpad - a highwayman who robs on foot        
padder
highwayman, hijacker, road agent, highjacker - a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
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"I stood up the Chief of Police," said the First Footpad, "and I got away with what he had.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The footpad hiding in a ditch had marked him passing like a ghost along its brink; the vagrant had met him on the dark high-road; the beggar had seen him pause upon the bridge to look down at the water, and then sweep on again; they who dealt in bodies with the surgeons could swear he slept in churchyards, and that they had beheld him glide away among the tombs on their approach.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
Far off, the lofty jet of the whale might be seen, and nearer at hand the prowling shark, that villainous footpad of the seas, would come skulking along, and, at a wary distance, regard us with his evil eye.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
 
 
 
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