Sekirov Dictionary

thug

/θʌɡ/

noun 8
verb 2
forms 4
phrases 1

noun8

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A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.
- They call you a land of license—free but to thug and thief. — 1915
A criminal that extorts people.
A person who use intimidation to coerce others.
A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
One who, usually as a result of social disadvantage, has turned to committing crimes (e.g. selling drugs, robbery, assault, etc.) to make a living; a gangsta.
(historical) One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and sacrificed their victims to her.
An overvigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
A wooden bat used in the game of miniten, fitting around the player's hand.

verb2

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(informal) To commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, to menace, to commit crime.
- Mr. Ingleby ascertained at the office—after threading the mazes of passage and staircase as though he expected momently to be Thugged—that his nephew had not yet come. — 1854
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(informal) (often with out) To appear as a thug; to dress and act in a manner reminiscent of a thug.
- I don’t thug out, but I’m not Wall Street, either. Russell Simmons and Puffy have clothes for this look in the affordable range. — 2003

forms

thugged · thugging · thugs · thugz

Phrases with thug

thug it out
To endure; to tough it out.

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