thug
暴徒
definition
noun
The Tories are anxious not to upset anybody these days, even thugs and criminals.
a violent person, especially a criminal.
In 7th century India members of the Thug cult would ritually strangle passers-by as sacrifices to the Hindu deity, Kali.
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.
translation of 'thug'
noun
恶棍,
暴徒
example
There is no reason why a 'thug' should be immune from the ordinary criminal law.
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 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.
Another such family has quit York altogether before suffering violence at the hands of the 'thugs' .
The Tories are anxious not to upset anybody these days, even 'thugs' and criminals.
Drastic measures need to be taken such as dusk to dawn curfews on 'thugs' and yobs roaming our neighbourhood.
There were guns, drug barons, organised 'thuggery' .
The 'Thugs' strangle their victims, steal their possessions, and bury them in pre-dug pits.
He is stereotyping young people today who wear hoods and caps as yobs and 'thugs' .
Three schoolboys on a day out at Salford Quays were stabbed by a gang of 'thugs' near the Lowry arts centre.
The Vice President weighed in with characteristic 'thuggishness' , denouncing criticism of the domestic spying.
There's none of that half-cocked, late-night 'thuggishness' about these soldiers.
In 7th century India members of the 'Thug' cult would ritually strangle passers-by as sacrifices to the Hindu deity, Kali.
Police have formed a hospital force in the war on thieves and 'thugs' who target staff and patients.
Crime busters fighting to rid a Penhill estate of vandalism and 'thuggish' behaviour are appealing for more help.
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.
He really lashed out, calling them thuggish, saying that 'thuggishly' , this union has turned its back on New York, and New Yorkers.
It seemed like the entire black elite of America was there and also a large number of underworld 'thugs' .
American football appears to be a game played by 'thuggish' millionaires watched by incipient thugs.
Right-wing pundits weren't troubled by the GOP's 'thuggishness' .
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.
He said tougher standards were needed to crack down on 'thugs' and drunken yobs.
There is no excuse, no mitigation, no honor, no martyrdom, not even a transient political dividend, only Bronze Age 'thuggishness' .
The original 'Thugs' were bands of roving criminals in India who strangled and robbed travellers.
A brief rush of new stories last fall detailed the delaying and 'thuggish' tactics used by the governor's contract consigliere.
Park and his partner continue to 'thuggishly' interrogate the local townsmen, attempting to pin the crime on the local town dunce.
Hooligans behave like 'thugs' smashing up anyone and everything in their paths.
Alcohol wrecks lives and families and too often transforms people into violent 'thugs' .
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