| 释义 |
thuggery|ˈθʌgərɪ|
[f. thug + -ery.]
= thuggee; also transf.
1839[see thug b]. 1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 58 The Amírs had no more power to prevent the robberies and murders..than we have to extinguish the system of Thuggery or Dacoitism. 1865Reader 26 Aug. 225/1 Ecclesiastical thuggery. 1930E. D. Sullivan Chicago Surrenders xiv. 239 Thuggery..has met no serious rebuff on any front. 1959Economist 29 June 1154/2 The police are having an extremely difficult task combating thuggery. 1973Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. iii. 1445/2 Envoys confronted with unfamiliar thuggery can be as naive as Birmingham businessmen who have become top politicians. |