thuggish


thug

T0193200 (thŭg)n.1. A cutthroat or ruffian; a hoodlum.2. also Thug One of a group of professional criminals, devotees of Kali, who robbed and murdered travelers in northern India until the mid-1800s.
[Hindi ṭhag, perhaps from Sanskrit sthagaḥ, a cheat, from sthagati, sthagayati, he conceals; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]
thug′ger·y n.thug′gish adj.
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