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thug
[ thuhg ]
noun
- a violent, lawless, or vicious person, especially one who commits a crime such as assault, robbery, or murder:
It wasn't uncommon for hired thugs to intimidate shop owners until they paid up.
- (sometimes initial capital letter) one of a former group of professional robbers and murderers in India who strangled their victims.
thug
/ θʌɡ /
noun
- a tough and violent man, esp a criminal
- sometimes capital (formerly) a member of an organization of robbers and assassins in India who typically strangled their victims
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Derived Forms
- ˈthuggish, adjective
- ˈthuggery, noun
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Other Words From
- thug·ger·y [thuhg, -, uh, -ree], noun
- thug·gish adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thug1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thug1
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Example Sentences
In his infamous deposition video, you can clearly see that the “thug life” façade is stripped away.
Maybe the thug even used to be you, until you went straight.
Women would refuse to go near any man with thuggish associations, for real—barely a thug could expect to get any action.
I also made a thug chase movie with a bunch of my friends in high school.
The Kremlin loses a useful propaganda tool, but it also eliminates a thug with a lot of Russian blood on his hands.
If we risk ourselves against these fellows, and are victorious, will not every Thug in the land cry Shabash!
After all, Sahib, cannot you now understand the excitement which possesses the soul of a Thug in his pursuit of men?
We hear so much of him, that, by Bhowanee, perhaps an unlucky old Thug like myself may pick up something new.
The old Thug and myself had been bound together, and we were in this state thrust into one of the narrow cells of the jail.
I and another Thug were directed to watch their movements, while the main body went on.
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