abstract:Brigandage refers to the life and practice of brigands: highway robbery and plunder,Oxford English Dictionary second edition, 1989. "Brigandage" The first recorded usage of the word was by "[Clive] Holland Livy XXXVIII.
Short of protecting our persons and property from fraud, brigandage and like abuses through an impartial application of the law, government can only impede the natural flow of commerce.
