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 […].