Thug

[θʌg] or [θʌɡ]

Definition

(n.) 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.

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Definition

n. one of a class of professional robbers and assassins in India—a kind of secret religious fraternity murdering stealthily by strangling or poisoning with datura extirpated 1826-35: any cut-throat ruffian.—ns. Thuggee′ Thug′gery Thug′gism the practice and superstition of the Thugs.

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