1972年9月11日 · In a modern version of highway robbery, the authors contend, the owners of the 90 million registered automobiles in the U.S. are bilked out of $8 billion to $10 billion a year—or about $1 of...

English highwayman James Hind depicted in an engraving now in the National Portrait Gallery. A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers. This type of thief usually travelled and robbed by horse as compared to a footpad who travelled and robbed on foot; mounted highwaymen were widely considered to be socially superior to footpads. [1] .

2011年11月11日 · They may no longer ride on horseback with long black capes and a pistol in their belts, but highway robbers are far from a thing of thing of the past. Cargo crime – where consumer goods are...

2023年3月23日 · ENISA, the EU Agency for Cyber Security, identifies four types of modern-day highwaymen: state-sponsored actors, cybercrime actors, hacker-for-hire actors, and hacktivists. These rogues...

This is a chronological list of highwaymen, land pirates, mail coach robbers, road agents, stagecoach robbers, and bushrangers active, along trails, roads, and highways, in Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Asia, and Africa, from ancient times to the 20th century, arranged by continent and country.

2024年5月16日 · In a ruling on civil forfeiture, which has been likened to a modern-day form of highway robbery, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed police to get away with using delay tactics while keeping private property (cash, jewelry, cars, and other valuables) they seized and “suspect” may be connected to a crime.

2024年10月10日 · Government highway agencies have enabled the blatant falsification of traffic model results. Consequently, the United States wastes billions on road expansions that fail to cure congestion and make it harder to get around without a car.

Highway robbery, a term steeped in history and evoking images of bandits and outlaws, continues to resonate in the modern world, albeit in transformed guises. This article delves into the meaning of highway robbery, tracing its evolution from physical confrontations on roads to sophisticated cybercrimes in the digital age.

2016年11月3日 · Security footage showing a robbery inside a bus in Mexico. It takes Mexico’s latter-day highwaymen just 10 minutes to relieve bus passengers of their belongings. Victims say they rarely bother...

2020年9月25日 · A highway robbery is an expression, that refers to the selling of a product or service for a blatantly large price, exploiting the lack of competition and alternatives. The idiom comes from the fact, that a “highway robbery” required a lot of courage and determination, as it proved to be the most dangerous, but most profitable encounter, a ...