Definition of thug in English:

thug

noun θʌɡθəɡ

1A violent person, especially a criminal.
he was attacked by a gang of thugs
Example sentencesExamples
- It seemed like the entire black elite of America was there and also a large number of underworld thugs.
- Take a leap of faith that even though he looks like a thug, he is not necessarily a thug.
- Police have formed a hospital force in the war on thieves and thugs who target staff and patients.
- He is stereotyping young people today who wear hoods and caps as yobs and thugs.
- A footballer today told how he was beaten up by a gang of thugs who left him unable to play for his team.
- The thugs raided the village and began firing their guns to terrorise the farmers.
- There is no reason why a thug should be immune from the ordinary criminal law.
- Alcohol wrecks lives and families and too often transforms people into violent thugs.
- He said tougher standards were needed to crack down on thugs and drunken yobs.
- A public meeting is to be held to discuss the rising tide of violence involving young thugs in west York.
- Hooligans behave like thugs smashing up anyone and everything in their paths.
- The Tories are anxious not to upset anybody these days, even thugs and criminals.
- Spend some more on getting rid of the gangs of young thugs that roam around on our buses and trains.
- I am sick of the mindless thugs who think they have a right to disrupt other people's lives.
- 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.
- The peaceful majority should never again have to suffer at the hands of mindless thugs.
- 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.
- Drastic measures need to be taken such as dusk to dawn curfews on thugs and yobs roaming our neighbourhood.
- Another such family has quit York altogether before suffering violence at the hands of the thugs.
- Three schoolboys on a day out at Salford Quays were stabbed by a gang of thugs near the Lowry arts centre.
Synonyms
ruffian, hoodlum, bully boy, bully, bandit, mugger, gangster, terrorist, gunman, murderer, killer, hitman, assassin, hooligan, vandal, Yardie
informal tough, bruiser, hired gun
British informal rough, bovver boy, lager lout, chav, hoodie
Scottish &amp Northern English informal ned
North American informal hood, goon
Australian/New Zealand informal roughie, hoon
dated cut-throat, desperado
rare myrmidon
2historical A member of an organization of robbers and assassins in India. Devotees of the goddess Kali, the Thugs waylaid and strangled their victims, usually travellers, in a ritually prescribed manner. They were suppressed by the British in the 1830s.
Example sentencesExamples
- The original Thugs were bands of roving criminals in India who strangled and robbed travellers.
- 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.
- In 7th century India members of the Thug cult would ritually strangle passers-by as sacrifices to the Hindu deity, Kali.
- 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.
- The Thugs strangle their victims, steal their possessions, and bury them in pre-dug pits.

Derivatives

thuggishly

adverbˈθʌɡɪʃliˈθəɡɪʃli

It's one of the sorrier episodes of Chinese history that China has so thuggishly gone into Tibet and occupied it.
He really lashed out, calling them thuggish, saying that thuggishly, this union has turned its back on New York, and New Yorkers.
Park and his partner continue to thuggishly interrogate the local townsmen, attempting to pin the crime on the local town dunce.
Example sentencesExamples
- A slow-motion replay revealed that he had deliberately lashed out at an opponent, thuggishly kicking the player's ankle.
- He and his partner continue to thuggishly interrogate the local townsmen, attempting to pin the crime on the local town dunce.
- In the way that they're organized and in the way that they thuggishly behave, they remind one of the Cosa Nostra.
- 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.

thuggishness

nounˈθʌɡɪʃnəsˈθəɡɪʃnəs

mass noun

Violent behaviour.
there can be no excuse for thuggishness and lawless behaviour
Example sentencesExamples
- While our enemies' names might have changed, their duplicitous thuggishness hasn't.
- There's none of that half-cocked, late-night thuggishness about these soldiers.
- The Vice President weighed in with characteristic thuggishness, denouncing criticism of the domestic spying.

thuggism

nounˈθʌɡɪz(ə)mˈθəˌɡɪzəm

Their critique of that group's nepotism, pocket-lining and thuggism has some truth.

Origin

Early 19th century (in sense 2): from Hindi ṭhag 'swindler, thief', based on Sanskrit sthagati 'he covers or conceals'. sense 1 arose in the mid 19th century.

In the early 19th century a thug was a member of an organization of professional robbers and assassins in India who strangled their victims, deceiving them by pretending to be fellow travellers, and gaining their confidence. The word comes from Hindi thag ‘swindler, thief’. We meet the first British thugs or violent louts in the 1830s, in Glasgow.

Rhymes

bug, chug, Doug, drug, dug, fug, glug, hug, jug, lug, mug, plug, pug, rug, shrug, slug, smug, snug, trug, tug

Definition of thug in US English:

thug

nounθəɡTHəɡ

1A violent person, especially a criminal.
he was attacked by a gang of thugs
Example sentencesExamples
- Drastic measures need to be taken such as dusk to dawn curfews on thugs and yobs roaming our neighbourhood.
- Three schoolboys on a day out at Salford Quays were stabbed by a gang of thugs near the Lowry arts centre.
- I am sick of the mindless thugs who think they have a right to disrupt other people's lives.
- There is no reason why a thug should be immune from the ordinary criminal law.
- A footballer today told how he was beaten up by a gang of thugs who left him unable to play for his team.
- Alcohol wrecks lives and families and too often transforms people into violent thugs.
- Hooligans behave like thugs smashing up anyone and everything in their paths.
- He is stereotyping young people today who wear hoods and caps as yobs and thugs.
- Another such family has quit York altogether before suffering violence at the hands of the thugs.
- It seemed like the entire black elite of America was there and also a large number of underworld thugs.
- Police have formed a hospital force in the war on thieves and thugs who target staff and patients.
- 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.
- He said tougher standards were needed to crack down on thugs and drunken yobs.
- Spend some more on getting rid of the gangs of young thugs that roam around on our buses and trains.
- The Tories are anxious not to upset anybody these days, even thugs and criminals.
- 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.
- A public meeting is to be held to discuss the rising tide of violence involving young thugs in west York.
- 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.
Synonyms
ruffian, hoodlum, bully boy, bully, bandit, mugger, gangster, terrorist, gunman, murderer, killer, hitman, assassin, hooligan, vandal, yardie
2historical 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.
Example sentencesExamples
- The original Thugs were bands of roving criminals in India who strangled and robbed travellers.
- In 7th century India members of the Thug cult would ritually strangle passers-by as sacrifices to the Hindu deity, Kali.
- 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.
- The Thugs strangle their victims, steal their possessions, and bury them in pre-dug pits.
- 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.

Origin

Early 19th century (in thug (sense 2)): from Hindi ṭhag ‘swindler, thief’, based on Sanskrit sthagati ‘he covers or conceals’. thug (sense 1) arose in the mid 19th century.

单词	thug
释义	Definition of thug in English: thug noun θʌɡθəɡ 1A violent person, especially a criminal. he was attacked by a gang of thugs Example sentencesExamples It seemed like the entire black elite of America was there and also a large number of underworld thugs. Take a leap of faith that even though he looks like a thug, he is not necessarily a thug. Police have formed a hospital force in the war on thieves and thugs who target staff and patients. He is stereotyping young people today who wear hoods and caps as yobs and thugs. A footballer today told how he was beaten up by a gang of thugs who left him unable to play for his team. The thugs raided the village and began firing their guns to terrorise the farmers. There is no reason why a thug should be immune from the ordinary criminal law. Alcohol wrecks lives and families and too often transforms people into violent thugs. He said tougher standards were needed to crack down on thugs and drunken yobs. A public meeting is to be held to discuss the rising tide of violence involving young thugs in west York. Hooligans behave like thugs smashing up anyone and everything in their paths. The Tories are anxious not to upset anybody these days, even thugs and criminals. Spend some more on getting rid of the gangs of young thugs that roam around on our buses and trains. I am sick of the mindless thugs who think they have a right to disrupt other people's lives. 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. The peaceful majority should never again have to suffer at the hands of mindless thugs. 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. Drastic measures need to be taken such as dusk to dawn curfews on thugs and yobs roaming our neighbourhood. Another such family has quit York altogether before suffering violence at the hands of the thugs. Three schoolboys on a day out at Salford Quays were stabbed by a gang of thugs near the Lowry arts centre. Synonyms ruffian, hoodlum, bully boy, bully, bandit, mugger, gangster, terrorist, gunman, murderer, killer, hitman, assassin, hooligan, vandal, Yardie informal tough, bruiser, hired gun British informal rough, bovver boy, lager lout, chav, hoodie Scottish &amp Northern English informal ned North American informal hood, goon Australian/New Zealand informal roughie, hoon dated cut-throat, desperado rare myrmidon 2historical A member of an organization of robbers and assassins in India. Devotees of the goddess Kali, the Thugs waylaid and strangled their victims, usually travellers, in a ritually prescribed manner. They were suppressed by the British in the 1830s. Example sentencesExamples The original Thugs were bands of roving criminals in India who strangled and robbed travellers. 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. In 7th century India members of the Thug cult would ritually strangle passers-by as sacrifices to the Hindu deity, Kali. 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. The Thugs strangle their victims, steal their possessions, and bury them in pre-dug pits. Derivatives thuggishly adverbˈθʌɡɪʃliˈθəɡɪʃli It's one of the sorrier episodes of Chinese history that China has so thuggishly gone into Tibet and occupied it. He really lashed out, calling them thuggish, saying that thuggishly, this union has turned its back on New York, and New Yorkers. Park and his partner continue to thuggishly interrogate the local townsmen, attempting to pin the crime on the local town dunce. Example sentencesExamples A slow-motion replay revealed that he had deliberately lashed out at an opponent, thuggishly kicking the player's ankle. He and his partner continue to thuggishly interrogate the local townsmen, attempting to pin the crime on the local town dunce. In the way that they're organized and in the way that they thuggishly behave, they remind one of the Cosa Nostra. 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. thuggishness nounˈθʌɡɪʃnəsˈθəɡɪʃnəs mass noun Violent behaviour. there can be no excuse for thuggishness and lawless behaviour Example sentencesExamples While our enemies' names might have changed, their duplicitous thuggishness hasn't. There's none of that half-cocked, late-night thuggishness about these soldiers. The Vice President weighed in with characteristic thuggishness, denouncing criticism of the domestic spying. thuggism nounˈθʌɡɪz(ə)mˈθəˌɡɪzəm Their critique of that group's nepotism, pocket-lining and thuggism has some truth. Origin Early 19th century (in sense 2): from Hindi ṭhag 'swindler, thief', based on Sanskrit sthagati 'he covers or conceals'. sense 1 arose in the mid 19th century. In the early 19th century a thug was a member of an organization of professional robbers and assassins in India who strangled their victims, deceiving them by pretending to be fellow travellers, and gaining their confidence. The word comes from Hindi thag ‘swindler, thief’. We meet the first British thugs or violent louts in the 1830s, in Glasgow. Rhymes bug, chug, Doug, drug, dug, fug, glug, hug, jug, lug, mug, plug, pug, rug, shrug, slug, smug, snug, trug, tug Definition of thug in US English: thug nounθəɡTHəɡ 1A violent person, especially a criminal. he was attacked by a gang of thugs Example sentencesExamples Drastic measures need to be taken such as dusk to dawn curfews on thugs and yobs roaming our neighbourhood. Three schoolboys on a day out at Salford Quays were stabbed by a gang of thugs near the Lowry arts centre. I am sick of the mindless thugs who think they have a right to disrupt other people's lives. There is no reason why a thug should be immune from the ordinary criminal law. A footballer today told how he was beaten up by a gang of thugs who left him unable to play for his team. Alcohol wrecks lives and families and too often transforms people into violent thugs. Hooligans behave like thugs smashing up anyone and everything in their paths. He is stereotyping young people today who wear hoods and caps as yobs and thugs. Another such family has quit York altogether before suffering violence at the hands of the thugs. It seemed like the entire black elite of America was there and also a large number of underworld thugs. Police have formed a hospital force in the war on thieves and thugs who target staff and patients. 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. He said tougher standards were needed to crack down on thugs and drunken yobs. Spend some more on getting rid of the gangs of young thugs that roam around on our buses and trains. The Tories are anxious not to upset anybody these days, even thugs and criminals. 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. A public meeting is to be held to discuss the rising tide of violence involving young thugs in west York. 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. Synonyms ruffian, hoodlum, bully boy, bully, bandit, mugger, gangster, terrorist, gunman, murderer, killer, hitman, assassin, hooligan, vandal, yardie 2historical 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. Example sentencesExamples The original Thugs were bands of roving criminals in India who strangled and robbed travellers. In 7th century India members of the Thug cult would ritually strangle passers-by as sacrifices to the Hindu deity, Kali. 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. The Thugs strangle their victims, steal their possessions, and bury them in pre-dug pits. 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. Origin Early 19th century (in thug (sense 2)): from Hindi ṭhag ‘swindler, thief’, based on Sanskrit sthagati ‘he covers or conceals’. thug (sense 1) arose in the mid 19th century.
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