Thug

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  • noun. A cutthroat or ruffian; a hoodlum.
  • noun. One of a group of professional criminals, devotees of Kali, who robbed and murdered travelers in northern India until the mid-1800s.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A member of a confraternity of professional assassins and robbers formerly infesting India, chiefly in the central and northern provinces.
  • noun. Hence A cutthroat; a ruffian; a rough.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearly exterminated by the British government.
  • noun. An assassin; a ruffian; a rough.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A criminal with intimidating mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire.
  • noun. One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her.
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  • noun. an aggressive and violent young criminal
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