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thug

(formerly) a member of an organization of robbers and assassins in India who typically strangled their victims

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No references found			A CHIEF of Police who had seen an Officer beating a Thug was very indignant, and said he must not do so any more on pain of dismissal. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context Nobody'll share his slightest care, He classes with thugs and crooks. The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context They were behind with their rent all the time, but the company was good to them; there was some politics back of that, Grandmother Majauszkiene could not say just what, but the Laffertys had belonged to the "War Whoop League," which was a sort of political club of all the thugs and rowdies in the district; and if you belonged to that, you could never be arrested for anything. The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context			thrust load thrust meter thrust moraine thrust nappe thrust output thrust plate thrust power thrust reverser thrust section thrust sheet thrust slice thrust slip fault thrust stage Thrust System thrust terminator thrust yoke thrust-pound thrust-weight ratio thruster Thryonomys Thuban thucolite Thucydides thud Thue, Axel thug Thugga Thuggee Thugs Thuja thuja oil Thule Thule Culture Thule group thulia thulite thulium thulium chloride thulium oxalate thulium oxide thulium-170 thumb Thumb Cove State Marine Park thumb culture thumb keyboard thumb knob thumb latch thumb molding thumb nut thumb piece thumb plane			Thucydides Syndrome Thucydites Thucydites thud thud thud thud thud against thud drill thud into thudded thudded thudded thudding thudding thudding thuddingly thuddingly thuds thuds thuds Thue Thue, Axel Thue-Morse sequence Thueringen Thueringen Thueringer Unix User Group Thueringia Thueringia THUES thug Thug World Ninja Turtles Thug World Order THUG2 Thugee Thugee Thugga thuggee thuggee thuggeeism Thuggees Thuggees thuggeries thuggeries thuggeries thuggery thuggery thuggery Thuggie Thuggie thuggish thuggish thuggish thuggishly thuggishly thuggishly thuggishness thuggishness thuggishness thuggism thuggism

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