0 a violent, wild, and unpleasant person, usually a man
Take another case where the husband is not a ruffian, but has gone abroad for good reason and is believed to be dead.
Some people think of shop stewards as ruffians of a sort.
But, if he takes two or more ruffians with him, he and they are liable to be hanged.
No doubt it is desirable to lock up these ruffians for a long time.
They are really nothing more than a bunch of ruffians who use this as a means of increasing their power.
After the meeting started the lowest note of dissent was the signal for a gang of ruffians to drag out and punch the objector's face.
Word went round amongst the ruffians that the women were carrying acid, and the attacks ceased at once.
I know that some of these places have been the scene of attacks by these young ruffians.
