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   Thug

   /THəɡ/

   

   noun

   • 1. a violent, aggressive person, especially one who is a criminal: "he was attacked by a gang of thugs"
   • 2. a member of a group or organization of robbers and assassins in India who waylaid and strangled their victims, usually travelers, and stole their belongings. They were suppressed by the British in the 1830s. historical

   Word 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.

   Derivatives

   • 1. thuggism noun

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