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1. A cutthroat or ruffian; a hoodlum.

2. also Thug One of a band of professional assassins formerly active in northern India who worshiped Kali and offered their victims to her.

[Hindi hag, perhaps from Sanskrit sthaga, a cheat, from sthagati, sthagayati, he conceals; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]

thugger·y n.

thuggish adj.

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Noun

thuggery - violent or brutal acts as of thugs

crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

Translations

thuggery [ˈθʌgərɪ] N → matonismo m, brutalidad f

thuggery [ˈθʌgəri] n → brutalité f

thuggery [ˈθʌgərɪ] n → brutalità f inv, violenza

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