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Word: Thug
Speech Type: Noun
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
θʌɡ
a violent, aggressive person, especially one who is a criminal
Short Definition:violent person
Examples:- he was attacked by a gang of thugs
a member of a group or organization of robbers and assassins in India who waylaid and strangled their victims, usually travellers, and stole their belongings. They were suppressed by the British in the 1830s.
Short Definition:member of organization of robbers and assassins in India
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