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footpads

noun

plural of footpad

as in highwaymen

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The father pulls over, and the car is immediately swarmed over by bandits, who brutally kill him — plus his wife and two kids — with no mercy.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
In the decade of violent conflicts that followed, attacks on border towns and seizures of American property by revolutionaries and bandits prompted the United States to send two military expeditions into Mexico.

— Robert B. Zoellick, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026

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In Tokyo and Osaka, there are Chinese gangsters, Brazilian robbers, and even a gang of thieves from Serbia and Montenegro called the Pink Panthers.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The robbers were under the impression that the warehouse held foreign currency but instead found 6,800 candy-bar-sized gold ingots alongside diamonds, travelers checks, and precious metals.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of robbers

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The thieves also damaged the main office building with copper wiring and components removed from rooftop systems and air conditioning units, police said.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Europol has warned of an increase in museum robberies, with gold objects proving particularly attractive to thieves.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of thieves

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Wild to me though that something that expensive would just be dropped off with porch pirates out there.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Jamal convened a press conference proclaiming to be able to communicate by phone with Somali pirates who were holding a Nigerian ship hostage.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of pirates

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The store owner told CBS News Chicago the burglars took an ATM with $2,000 inside.

— Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
The burglars dropped the other two paintings—the 1895 Portrait of Madame Pichon and the 1905 Coco Lisant—in the garden of the museum while making their escape.

— News Desk, Artforum, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of burglars

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But none of those tactics have fully contained the invasive pinchers.

— Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Subcategories of the pincer style are the mini oven mitts, which stop at the wrist rather than covering the forearm, and pot pinchers, which can be used as oven mitts in a, well, pinch.

— Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 June 2026

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