footpads

noun

Definition of footpadsnext
plural of footpad
as in highwaymen

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  1. bandits
  2. robbers
  3. burglars
Noun
  • The film takes place partly in that sunny hospital and partly in impossible locations where the story of a group of bandits out for revenge leads them to travel the world.
    Leila Jordan, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Another involves three nuns who ventured from Mission Santa Barbara to bring food and Bibles to local Native Americans more than a century ago, then were were robbed and killed by highway bandits.
    Paula Conway, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of bandits
Noun
  • Pete was afflicted with a severe kidney infection, leaving David to fend off robbers on his own.
    Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Another man identified as one of two armed robbers pleaded guilty to a single count of robbery in the second degree and was released in 2008.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of robbers
Noun
  • Mahomes, though, declined to discuss his whereabouts at the time burglars struck.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The convict also theorized that Laci was murdered by burglars who had targeted a nearby home at the time of the killing.
    Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of burglars
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“Footpads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpads. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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