thug (th g)n. 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.]thug  ger·y n.thug gish adj. |
Translations
thuggish
adj person, behaviour → gewalttätig; to be thuggish in dealing with somebody → mit jdm brutal umgehen
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