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    thug
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    noun
    thug (noun) · thugs (plural noun) · Thug (noun)
    1. a violent, aggressive person, especially one who is a criminal:
      "he was attacked by a gang of thugs"
    2. historical
      a member of an organization of robbers and assassins in India. Devotees of the goddess Kali, the Thugs waylaid and strangled their victims, usually travellers, in a ritually prescribed manner. They were suppressed by the British in the 1830s.
    Origin
    early 19th century (in thug): from Hindi ṭhag ‘swindler, thief’, based on Sanskrit sthagati ‘he covers or conceals’. thug arose in the mid 19th century.
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    What does Thug mean in English?
    from Hindi and Urdu ṭhag, literally "thief" Thug was the name given by the British in India in the 19th century to a member of a band of thieves and murderers. A thug would pretend to be friendly with a traveler and offer to share a journey. Then as soon as it was safe to do so, the thug would strangle and rob his companion.

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    Who were the thugs and what did they do?
    These Thugs were said to be professional criminals and assassins who robbed travelers and murdered them by strangulation. The British arrested and imprisoned thousands of Indians that they identified as Thugs, executed many of them, and claimed to have eliminated the entire organization.

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    What is an example of a thug?
    Examples from the Corpus thug • Seeking vengeance, he employs two Dickensian thugs, with startling and bleakly hilarious results. • A gang of thugs was waiting for him round the back. He didn't have a chance. • It's the one-off thug who normally panics and lashes out.

    thug | meaning of thug in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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    Where did Thug come from?
    The earliest known use of the word thug is in the 1810s. OED's earliest evidence for thug is from 1810. thug is a borrowing from Hindi. Etymons: Hindi ṭhag. thuften, n.

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