"footpad" in Chinese (Traditional)
攔路盜賊路匪（舊時用語）
Definition
“footpad” 是一個過時的詞語，指專門在街道或馬路上步行搶劫行人的強盜。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
“footpad” 主要出現在歷史或文學語境，特指步行搶劫的強盜，不同於騎馬強盜（highwayman）。現代口語中幾乎不用。
Examples
The footpad waited by the dark road.
**攔路盜賊**在黑暗的路邊等待。
A footpad stole his money last night.
昨晚一個**路匪**偷了他的錢。
The police caught the footpad after the robbery.
警察在搶劫後抓到了**攔路盜賊**。
Stories about a footpad lurking in the shadows spread fear in the village.
有關有**攔路盜賊**在黑暗中出沒的故事讓村裡人感到害怕。
He looked like a footpad from an old novel, dressed in shabby clothes and lurking on the street.
他看起來像老小說裡的**攔路盜賊**，穿著破舊的衣服，在街上遊蕩。
No one uses the word footpad much these days, except in history books.
現在除了歷史書外，幾乎沒有人再用“**攔路盜賊**”這個詞。