- thuggery
- noun see thug
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
thuggery
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Thuggery — Thug ger*y, Thuggism Thug gism, n. Thuggee. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thuggery — thug|ge|ry [ˈθʌgəri] n [U] violent behaviour in which people fight and attack others ▪ the problem of football thuggery … Dictionary of contemporary English
thuggery — [[t]θʌ̱gəri[/t]] N UNCOUNT Thuggery is rough, violent behaviour … English dictionary
thuggery — thug ► NOUN 1) a violent and uncouth man, especially a criminal. 2) (Thug) a member of a religious organization of robbers and assassins in India, suppressed by the British in the 1830s. DERIVATIVES thuggery noun thuggish adjective. ORIGIN Hindi … English terms dictionary
thuggery — See thug. * * * … Universalium
thuggery — noun The brutal or violent act of thugs … Wiktionary
thuggery — thug|ger|y [ θʌgəri ] noun uncount violent behavior … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
thuggery — n. lawless violence … English contemporary dictionary
thuggery — thug·gery … English syllables
thuggery — UK [ˈθʌɡərɪ] / US noun [uncountable] violent behaviour … English dictionary
