What is the opposite of daylight?

verb (used with object), day·light·ed or day·lit, day·light·ing. to suffuse (an interior space) with artificial light or with daylight filtered through translucent materials, as roofing panels.

the light of day

: distance or difference between (people or things) They said there was no daylight between the two governments’ positions.

daylight (noun) daylight saving time (noun) broad (adjective)

‘Daylight Robbery’ is a figure of speech to describe an unfair trade that is so clear and obvious that you could have robbed the victim in broad daylight. When it was first coined, the meaning of ‘daylight robbery’ was literally that daylight was being stolen.

In order to avoid the tax, house owners would brick up all windows except six. (The Window Tax lasted until around 1851, and older houses with bricked-up windows are still a common sight in UK.) As the bricked-up windows prevented some rooms from receiving any sunlight, the tax was referred to as daylight robbery.

A semi-true story of a London bank heist of millions of Pounds during the 2006 World Cup, Daylight Robbery is a caper flick from beginning to end. The film opens with the robbers preparing their getaway and then heading off to the bank.

1 : robbery committed on or near a public highway usually against travelers. 2 : excessive profit or advantage derived from a business transaction.

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1. hijacking – robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force.

Betrayed to the authorities by Tim, a jealous ostler, the highwayman escapes ambush when Bess sacrifices her life to warn him. Learning of her death, he is killed in a futile attempt at revenge (“so they shot him down on the highway, like a dog upon the highway”).

It is the true story of Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, two Texas Rangers who hunted down and killed the duo. The film is a very accurate retelling of the story as a whole, though, like many films based on true events, there are some liberties taken here and there.

What is Tim’s motive, or reason for betraying Bess? It is said, “but he loved the landlord’s daughter”. This shows that Tim is also in love with Bess and is jealous of the relationship she has with the highwayman.

Why is the Highwayman a hero? The key to a highwayman being regarded as a hero is to have charisma, charm and a motivation that others can understand and also sympathise with. A decent fashion sense and a speedy horse all helps as well.

How is the soldiers’ behavior ironic? Something ironic about the behaviour of the solider’s was how they were acting very sexual and inappropriate towards Bess which would be the opposite everyone thinks a soldier should act which is law abiding and professional.

The first appearance of Robin Hood in criminal biography comes in Captain Smith’s A History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Noted Highwaymen (1719), where he is listed as ‘Robin Hood: A Highwayman and Murderer.

: a thief who robs travelers on a road.

Line 2. The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, The next big metaphor compares the moon to a “ghostly galleon.” A galleon is a big old ship, the kind that would have carried Spanish gold across the seas. So the moon is like a ship sailing through the sky.

They often targeted coaches because they did not have much defence, stealing money, jewellery and other valuable items. The penalty for robbery with violence was to be executed by hanging.

The penalty for robbery with violence was hanging, and most notorious English highwaymen ended on the gallows.

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We still have Loretta Lynn, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and of course, the two great highwaymen left, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. These are the living pillars of country music to date.

Highwaymen often wore smart clothes and long coats. Some wore their old army uniforms. A mask helped them escape without being recognised. Traditionally, these masks only covered the top half of the face.

His face burnt like a brand. The simile here is the phrase “his face burnt like a brand,” as, again, “like” is used to draw a comparison between “face” and the iron tool heated to very high temperatures and used to “brand” or mark an animal, identifying the animal with a particular ranch or farm.

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