| This was a reference to the place's reputation in the past as a dangerous spot for highwaymen and brigands. |
| Messengers would travel by stagecoach armed with pistols and blunderbusses, ready to shoot to kill any bandits or highwaymen. |
| A Talbot hound was a snow-white hunting dog that was often used to deter highwaymen from attacking passing coaches. |
| I know this is not easy, but we will not get out of the situation by adopting such measures, nor by acting like highwaymen. |
| She looked around for the horses, but the highwaymen had obviously taken them. |
| Each chapter deals with a particular aspect of crime, such as highwaymen or hit men, drugs, prisons, and so forth. |
