thug
குண்டர்
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'
கொள்ளை அடித்தலைத் தொழிலாகக் கொண்டிருப்பவன்,
கொள்ளைக்காரன்
example
Take a leap of faith that even though he looks like a thug, he is not necessarily a 'thug' .
There is no reason why a 'thug' should be immune from the ordinary criminal law.
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.
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.
Its crude threats and 'thuggish' intimidation of local fishermen are not a sign of strength but of political weakness.
He said tougher standards were needed to crack down on 'thugs' and drunken yobs.
The peaceful majority should never again have to suffer at the hands of mindless 'thugs' .
The 'thugs' raided the village and began firing their guns to terrorise the farmers.
A thoughtful comparative analysis of three religious groups, the Zealots, Assassins, and 'Thugs' , by David Rapoport, indicates at least as many differences as similarities between them, particularly in the matter of intention.
While our enemies' names might have changed, their duplicitous 'thuggishness' hasn't.
Hooligans behave like 'thugs' smashing up anyone and everything in their paths.
Right-wing pundits weren't troubled by the GOP's 'thuggishness' .
We are absolutely fed up with the anti-social element in our midst, whose lives consist of wanton vandalism, theft, 'thuggery' and the like.
A public meeting is to be held to discuss the rising tide of violence involving young 'thugs' in west York.
It seemed like the entire black elite of America was there and also a large number of underworld 'thugs' .
I agree with the step taken by the authorities to eradicate 'thuggery' because thugs either cause chaos or protect bad people.
Three schoolboys on a day out at Salford Quays were stabbed by a gang of 'thugs' near the Lowry arts centre.
He really lashed out, calling them thuggish, saying that 'thuggishly' , this union has turned its back on New York, and New Yorkers.
There were guns, drug barons, organised 'thuggery' .
Crime busters fighting to rid a Penhill estate of vandalism and 'thuggish' behaviour are appealing for more help.
Those who dominate in the new 249-seat Wolesi Jirga will have secured their seat through a mixture of 'thuggery' and bribery.
It's one of the sorrier episodes of Chinese history that China has so 'thuggishly' gone into Tibet and occupied it.
The Vice President weighed in with characteristic 'thuggishness' , denouncing criticism of the domestic spying.
Park and his partner continue to 'thuggishly' interrogate the local townsmen, attempting to pin the crime on the local town dunce.
Drastic measures need to be taken such as dusk to dawn curfews on 'thugs' and yobs roaming our neighbourhood.
What was done here was 'thuggish' , malevolent, illegal, and immoral.
American football appears to be a game played by 'thuggish' millionaires watched by incipient thugs.
How could people behave so 'thuggishly' , when called upon to hold a minute's silence?
The Tories are anxious not to upset anybody these days, even 'thugs' and criminals.
There's none of that half-cocked, late-night 'thuggishness' about these soldiers.
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