thug
سفاح
definition
noun
The Tories are anxious not to upset anybody these days, even thugs and criminals.
a violent person, especially a criminal.
In 7th century India members of the Thug cult would ritually strangle passers-by as sacrifices to the Hindu deity, Kali.
a member of a religious organization of robbers and assassins in India. Devotees of the goddess Kali, the Thugs waylaid and strangled their victims, usually travelers, in a ritually prescribed manner. They were suppressed by the British in the 1830s.
translation of 'thug'
noun
سفاح,
عصابة قطاع طرق,
سفاك,
قاطع طريق
example
Take a leap of faith that even though he looks like a thug, he is not necessarily a 'thug' .
A frail widow was brutally robbed of her life savings in her own home by a violent 'thug' who left her with a broken arm and leg.
One of his ancestors suppressed a riot by laying low a man called Murphy, a 'thug' at the head of a mob who was wielding a wire whip.
There is no reason why a 'thug' should be immune from the ordinary criminal law.
There were guns, drug barons, organised 'thuggery' .
I agree with the step taken by the authorities to eradicate 'thuggery' because thugs either cause chaos or protect bad people.
There's none of that half-cocked, late-night 'thuggishness' about these soldiers.
Three schoolboys on a day out at Salford Quays were stabbed by a gang of 'thugs' near the Lowry arts centre.
Another such family has quit York altogether before suffering violence at the hands of the 'thugs' .
The search for bandits and 'Thugs' is based on the author's search through the records, reports and literature concerning crime and criminality in India during the 1800s.
Hooligans behave like 'thugs' smashing up anyone and everything in their paths.
Those who dominate in the new 249-seat Wolesi Jirga will have secured their seat through a mixture of 'thuggery' and bribery.
It seemed like the entire black elite of America was there and also a large number of underworld 'thugs' .
Its crude threats and 'thuggish' intimidation of local fishermen are not a sign of strength but of political weakness.
The Tories are anxious not to upset anybody these days, even 'thugs' and criminals.
I am sick of the mindless 'thugs' who think they have a right to disrupt other people's lives.
It's one of the sorrier episodes of Chinese history that China has so 'thuggishly' gone into Tibet and occupied it.
He is stereotyping young people today who wear hoods and caps as yobs and 'thugs' .
He really lashed out, calling them thuggish, saying that 'thuggishly' , this union has turned its back on New York, and New Yorkers.
Alcohol wrecks lives and families and too often transforms people into violent 'thugs' .
A public meeting is to be held to discuss the rising tide of violence involving young 'thugs' in west York.
The original 'Thugs' were bands of roving criminals in India who strangled and robbed travellers.
In 7th century India members of the 'Thug' cult would ritually strangle passers-by as sacrifices to the Hindu deity, Kali.
American football appears to be a game played by 'thuggish' millionaires watched by incipient thugs.
The 'thugs' raided the village and began firing their guns to terrorise the farmers.
Police have formed a hospital force in the war on thieves and 'thugs' who target staff and patients.
While our enemies' names might have changed, their duplicitous 'thuggishness' hasn't.
There is no excuse, no mitigation, no honor, no martyrdom, not even a transient political dividend, only Bronze Age 'thuggishness' .
A brief rush of new stories last fall detailed the delaying and 'thuggish' tactics used by the governor's contract consigliere.
He never did make the Lions' test team in 1971, but it is a compliment of sorts that his anonymous assailant resorted to 'thuggery' to stop him.
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