My epiphany came when Westley (the hero) describes how he acquired the title “Dread Pirate Roberts” from a line of charlatans, each of whom benefits from a reputation he hasn’t earned.

A n entrepreneur as professionally careful as the Dread Pirate Roberts doesn't trust instant ... insisted that he and his "chief operating officer" communicate with me using an encrypted IM ...

The site was run by an individual known only as the Dread Pirate Roberts, named after a character ... U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers who were not involved in the Silk Road ...

The most disturbing part of the Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR) story is also the strangest: how the boss of the Silk Road drugs marketplace attempted to arrange not one but six murders-for-hire.