thug
ઠગ
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'
ગુનેગાર,
ઘાતકી,
ઠગ
example
There is no reason why a 'thug' should be immune from the ordinary criminal law.
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.
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' .
The 'Thugs' strangle their victims, steal their possessions, and bury them in pre-dug pits.
There were guns, drug barons, organised 'thuggery' .
The 'thugs' raided the village and began firing their guns to terrorise the farmers.
The peaceful majority should never again have to suffer at the hands of mindless 'thugs' .
Another such family has quit York altogether before suffering violence at the hands of the 'thugs' .
I agree with the step taken by the authorities to eradicate 'thuggery' because thugs either cause chaos or protect bad people.
The Vice President weighed in with characteristic 'thuggishness' , denouncing criticism of the domestic spying.
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.
Three schoolboys on a day out at Salford Quays were stabbed by a gang of 'thugs' near the Lowry arts centre.
There's none of that half-cocked, late-night 'thuggishness' about these soldiers.
While our enemies' names might have changed, their duplicitous 'thuggishness' hasn't.
A public meeting is to be held to discuss the rising tide of violence involving young 'thugs' in west York.
There is no excuse, no mitigation, no honor, no martyrdom, not even a transient political dividend, only Bronze Age 'thuggishness' .
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.
He said tougher standards were needed to crack down on 'thugs' and drunken yobs.
The original 'Thugs' were bands of roving criminals in India who strangled and robbed travellers.
We are absolutely fed up with the anti-social element in our midst, whose lives consist of wanton vandalism, theft, 'thuggery' and the like.
Alcohol wrecks lives and families and too often transforms people into violent 'thugs' .
It's one of the sorrier episodes of Chinese history that China has so 'thuggishly' gone into Tibet and occupied it.
It seemed like the entire black elite of America was there and also a large number of underworld 'thugs' .
A footballer today told how he was beaten up by a gang of 'thugs' who left him unable to play for his team.
He really lashed out, calling them thuggish, saying that 'thuggishly' , this union has turned its back on New York, and New Yorkers.
He is stereotyping young people today who wear hoods and caps as yobs and 'thugs' .
Crime busters fighting to rid a Penhill estate of vandalism and 'thuggish' behaviour are appealing for more help.
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