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footpaddery

US/fʊtˈpæ.dɚˌɹi/

footpaddery noun: the crime of robbing travelers on the road.

Noun

footpaddery (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The crime of robbing travelers on the road.
    • The smugglers were a lawless and desperate body, but they did not, as a rule, descend to footpaddery or robbery.1889, Arthur Conan Doyle, Micah Clarke
    • Not just a little footpaddery, but robbery on the grand scale.2001, Wilbur Smith, The Angels Weep, →ISBN

Origin of footpaddery

From footpad + -ery.

Questions about footpaddery

What does footpaddery mean?
Footpaddery means the crime of robbing travelers on the road.
What part of speech is footpaddery?
Footpaddery is a noun.
How do you pronounce footpaddery?
Footpaddery is pronounced /fʊtˈpæ.dɚˌɹi/ (US).

Words near footpaddery in the dictionary

  1. footnoting
  2. footpace
  3. footpaces
  4. footpad
  5. footpadded
  6. footpaddery
  7. footpadding
  8. footpaddings
  9. footpadism
  10. footpads
  11. footpage

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