Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cutthroat or ruffian; a hoodlum.
- noun One of a group of professional criminals, devotees of Kali, who robbed and murdered travelers in northern India until the mid-1800s.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of a confraternity of professional assassins and robbers formerly infesting India, chiefly in the central and northern provinces.
- noun Hence A cutthroat; a ruffian; a rough.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearly exterminated by the British government.
- noun An assassin; a ruffian; a rough.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
criminal with intimidating mannerisms, who treats othersviolently androughly , especially forhire . - noun dated One of a
band ofassassins formerly active in northernIndia whoworshipped Kali and offered theirvictims to her.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an aggressive and violent young criminal
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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In the Dow Jones database, the name of the Serb leader and the word thug appear near each other 343 times.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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In the Dow Jones database, the name of the Serb leader and the word thug appear near each other 343 times.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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In the Dow Jones database, the name of the Serb leader and the word thug appear near each other 343 times.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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In the Dow Jones database, the name of the Serb leader and the word thug appear near each other 343 times.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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I have even seen Trolls termed 'e-thugs' in recent days, perhaps not surprising since the term 'thug' has now become an important part of the Middle Eastern protest lexicon.
NYT > Home Page By J. DAVID GOODMAN 2011
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I think much of the discomfort in acknowledging Columbus as a thug is the feeling that if he was wrong then we should fix it.
Columbus: The Far Left is Dead Right, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I have a feeling that our thug is the same one that was banned for his tyraid a couple of weeks ago NYCflycaster.
thugging is back and im deleting my account i just got on here and i thought he was gone. 2010
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I have a feeling that our thug is the same one that was banned for his tyraid a couple of weeks ago NYCflycaster.
thugging is back and im deleting my account i just got on here and i thought he was gone. 2010
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Shine explained that the greatest prize for the thug is a cop on the take — or one willing to start down that road.
What Do Real Thugs Think of The Wire? Part Two - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Shine explained that the greatest prize for the thug is a cop on the take — or one willing to start down that road.
What Do Real Thugs Think of The Wire? Part Two - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Gunplay will be graphic if I do the thug
February 17, 2007
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