night-riding

English

Adjective

night-riding (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly US) That rides out at night, especially to carry out acts of violence. [from 19th c.]
    • 2003 (revised edition), Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States, HarperPerennial 2005, p. 291:
      A night-riding White Man's Union used intimidation and murder to split the coalition […].
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