thug
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
A public meeting is to be held to discuss the rising tide of violence involving young 'thugs' in west York.
Its crude threats and 'thuggish' intimidation of local fishermen are not a sign of strength but of political weakness.
While our enemies' names might have changed, their duplicitous 'thuggishness' hasn't.
The Tories are anxious not to upset anybody these days, even 'thugs' and criminals.
The 'Thugs' strangle their victims, steal their possessions, and bury them in pre-dug pits.
There's none of that half-cocked, late-night 'thuggishness' about these soldiers.
In 7th century India members of the 'Thug' cult would ritually strangle passers-by as sacrifices to the Hindu deity, Kali.
Crime busters fighting to rid a Penhill estate of vandalism and 'thuggish' behaviour are appealing for more help.
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.
Police have formed a hospital force in the war on thieves and 'thugs' who target staff and patients.
Three schoolboys on a day out at Salford Quays were stabbed by a gang of 'thugs' near the Lowry arts centre.
He said tougher standards were needed to crack down on 'thugs' and drunken yobs.
There is no excuse, no mitigation, no honor, no martyrdom, not even a transient political dividend, only Bronze Age 'thuggishness' .
The Vice President weighed in with characteristic 'thuggishness' , denouncing criticism of the domestic spying.
Drastic measures need to be taken such as dusk to dawn curfews on 'thugs' and yobs roaming our neighbourhood.
There were guns, drug barons, organised 'thuggery' .
How could people behave so 'thuggishly' , when called upon to hold a minute's silence?
I think that if somebody behaves 'thuggishly' towards you, you have the right to protect yourself.
We are absolutely fed up with the anti-social element in our midst, whose lives consist of wanton vandalism, theft, 'thuggery' and the like.
Alcohol wrecks lives and families and too often transforms people into violent 'thugs' .
A brief rush of new stories last fall detailed the delaying and 'thuggish' tactics used by the governor's contract consigliere.
He really lashed out, calling them thuggish, saying that 'thuggishly' , this union has turned its back on New York, and New Yorkers.
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.
I am sick of the mindless 'thugs' who think they have a right to disrupt other people's lives.
The peaceful majority should never again have to suffer at the hands of mindless 'thugs' .
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