thuggee

Whoever was following them was an adept, as secret as a Thuggee.

He was not above giving the haughty upstart a Thuggee's twist.

Thuggee′, Thug′gery, Thug′gism, the practice and superstition of the Thugs.

Again, the horrible practice of Thuggee was attacked, but it took years to stamp that out.

A Thuggee's twist to the schemes of the street rat Umballa, who wore the Brahmin string, to which he had no right!