thug /thug/

1. A violent ruffian
2. A cut-throat
3. (properly /t’hug/) a member of a religious fraternity in India that murdered stealthily by strangling or poisoning with datura, extirpated 1826–35 (historical)

thuggeeˈ, thagiˈ or thuggˈism noun

The practices of the Indian thugs

thuggˈery noun

1. Thuggism
2. Ruffianly or violent behaviour

thuggˈish adjective

thuggˈo noun (pl thuggˈos) (informal)

A ruffian or thug

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