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thug
(thŭg)n.
1. A cutthroat or ruffian; a hoodlum.
2. also Thug One of a group of professional criminals, devotees of Kali, who robbed and murdered travelers in northern India until the mid-1800s.
[Hindi ṭhag, perhaps from Sanskrit sthagaḥ, a cheat, from sthagati, sthagayati, he conceals; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]
thug′ger·y n.
thug′gish adj.
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thuggish
adj person, behaviour → gewalttätig; to be thuggish in dealing with somebody → mit jdm brutal umgehen
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