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Highwayman is a seventeenth-century English word meaning a thief who stops and robs people travelling by road. Back when the word was new, they stole pretty much what the same type of criminal would steal today - whatever the travellers might be carrying which was of value for use of the thief or for sale or exchange.

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The travellers who passes through the Highway.

Highwaymen rob people because they want their money or valuables. They are robbers for the same reasons any other criminal steals.

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Same reason as any other financial/property crime - stealing seemed like and easy/ only way to make some money.

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For all of t3h moniez

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gold

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