thug
- IPA[THəɡ]
美式
- a violent, aggressive person, especially one who is a criminal;a member of a group or organization of robbers and assassins in India who waylaid and strangled their victims, usually travelers, and stole their belongings. They were suppressed by the British in the 1830s.
noun: thug, plural noun: thugs
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a violent, aggressive person, especially one who is a criminal he was attacked by a gang of thugs
- 2. historical a member of a group or organization of robbers and assassins in India who waylaid and strangled their victims, usually travelers, and stole their belongings. They were suppressed by the British in the 1830s.