A robber, a plunderer; a ruffian, a rogue.

By extension: Any one who acts in a cruel, violent, or wicked manner; a ruffian, desperado; a villain. Hence as a term of reproach. Obsolete.

gen. A ruffian.

A brutal or lawless villain; a violent criminal, a thug. Also in weakened sense: any rough or disreputable person.

A kemp or champion; one given to fighting; a rough or uncouth fellow.

One who cuts throats; a ruffian who murders or does deeds of violence; a murderer or assassin by profession.

One who slashes; a fighter, a bully; a slashing fellow.

One over-ready to resort to weapons; a bully, bravo; also, a cutthroat, highway-robber. Obsolete.

A violent criminal, esp. one who fights with a sword or knife; a cut-throat, a murderer; a thug. Cf. hack, v.1 1a hacker, n. 2a. Now archaic and rare…

A violent thug; a murderer. Cf. hackster, n. Obsolete.

transferred or ? = cutter, n.1 3.

Chiefly in Italian contexts: = ruffian, n. (esp. in sense 2b).

A man given to or characterized by riotous, thuggish, and threatening behaviour; one who behaves in a blustering, swaggering, and aggressive manner…

A violent or aggressive person, esp. a criminal; a hoodlum.

/əˈpaʃ/. Also apache. A street ruffian or thug, originally in Paris. Also (more widely): a person who behaves in a ruffianly manner.

A stupid or worthless person; a good-for-nothing; spec. a hooligan, thug, yob, or petty criminal. Also used as a general term of disapprobation.

Australian. A thug, a ruffian. Now rare.

(See quots.)

A lout, a rough; a crazy person, a ‘clot’; a ponce.

colloquial. Irish English and U.S. A troublemaker, a thug.