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Thug·gee (th

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The practice of robbery and assassination practiced by the Thugs.

[Hindi hag, from hag, Thug; see thug.]

thuggee [θʌˈgiː]

(Historical Terms) History the methods and practices of the thugs of India

[from Hindi thagī; see thug]

thuggeeism, thuggee

a semi-religious Hindu cult with a highly organized system of murder and robbery, suppressed in India in the 19th century. Also thuggery. — thug, n.

See also: Hinduism

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thuggee - murder and robbery by thugs

murder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

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