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English Dictionary: thug by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thug
n
  1. an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thug \Thug\, n.
      An assassin; a ruffian; a rough. [bd]Thugs and midnight
      rounders.[b8] --The Century.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thug \Thug\, n. [Hind. thag a deceiver, robber.]
      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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