单词 | thug |
释义 | thug (thŭg) n. 1. A cutthroat or ruffian; a hoodlum. 2. also Thug One of a group of professional criminals, devotees of Kali, who robbed and murdered travelers in northern India until the mid-1800s. [Hindi ṭhag, perhaps from Sanskrit sthagaḥ, a cheat, from sthagati, sthagayati, he conceals; see (s)teg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] thugger·y n. thuggish adj. |
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