| For all the respectable clothes they wore, they had the looks of ruffians about them. |
| Vidocq served a lucrative apprenticeship with various ruffians, vagabonds and swindlers. |
| On New Year's Day 1753 an eighteen-year-old London maidservant called Elizabeth Canning was abducted in the City by two ruffians. |
| They used to say soccer is a gentleman's game played by ruffians and rugby is a ruffian's game played by gentlemen. |
| He was, in fact, a leader of a gang of Essex ruffians, whose speciality was robbery with violence. |
| No cooked food could be sold, and shops were not to shelter ruffians, thieves, or prostitutes. |
