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PRONUNCIATION OF THUGGERY

thuggery  [ˈθʌɡərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THUGGERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thuggery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THUGGERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

thuggery

Thuggee

Thuggee or tuggee refers to the acts of thugs, an organized gang of professional assassins. The Thugs travelled in groups across India for six hundred years. Although the thugs traced their origin to seven Muslim tribes, Hindus appear to have been associated with them at an early period; their creed and practices showed no influence of Islām. They were first mentioned in Ẓiyāʾ-ud-Dīn Baranī's History of Fīrūz Shāh dated around 1356. In the 1830s they were targeted for eradication by William Bentinck and his chief captain William Henry Sleeman. They were seemingly destroyed by this effort. The Thugs would join travelers and gain their confidence. This would allow them to then surprise and strangle their victims by pulling a handkerchief or noose tight around their necks. They would then rob their victims of valuables and bury their bodies. This led them to also be called Phansigar, a term more commonly used in southern India. The term Thuggee is derived from Hindi word ठग, or ṭhag, which means "thief".

Definition of thuggery in the English dictionary

The definition of thuggery in the dictionary is violent, brutixh, or tough behaviour carried out by thugs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THUGGERY


allegory
ˈælɪɡərɪ
buggery
ˈbʌɡərɪ
Calgary
ˈkælɡərɪ
category
ˈkætɪɡərɪ
Gregory
ˈɡrɛɡərɪ
humbuggery
ˈhʌmˌbʌɡərɪ
Hungary
ˈhʌŋɡərɪ
Nagari
ˈnɑːɡərɪ
piggery
ˈpɪɡərɪ
pugaree
ˈpʌɡərɪ
puggaree
ˈpʌɡərɪ
sculduggery
skʌlˈdʌɡərɪ
skulduggery
skʌlˈdʌɡərɪ
skullduggery
skʌlˈdʌɡərɪ
smuggery
ˈsmʌɡərɪ
snuggerie
ˈsnʌɡərɪ
snuggery
ˈsnʌɡərɪ
subcategory
ˈsʌbˌkætəɡərɪ
sugary
ˈʃʊɡərɪ
vinegary
ˈvɪnɪɡərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THUGGERY

thud
thudded
thudding
thuddingly
thug
thuggee
thuggish
thuggism
thuggo
thuja
Thule
thulia
thulite
thulium
thumb
thumb drive
thumb index
thumb knot
thumb one´s nose at
thumb piano

WORDS THAT END LIKE THUGGERY

carpetbaggery
doggery
eggery
froggery
gaggery
groggery
hoggery
imagery
jaggery
niggery
pettifoggery
priggery
raggery
ratbaggery
staggery
toggery
waggery
Whiggery
wiggery
windbaggery
zigzaggery

Synonyms and antonyms of thuggery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thuggery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THUGGERY

Find out the translation of thuggery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thuggery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thuggery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

谋财害命
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

matonismo
570 millions of speakers

English

thuggery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ठगी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البلطجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бандитизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

thuggery
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠগীদসু্যসম্প্রদায়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brutalité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pertembungan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

thuggery
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

殺人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

폭력 조직
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thuggery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người sát nhân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குண்டர் தாக்குதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थुगझी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

katillik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

thuggery
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bandytyzmu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бандитизм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

banditism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ληστεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boewery
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thuggery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thuggery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thuggery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THUGGERY»

The term «thuggery» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.340 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THUGGERY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thuggery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THUGGERY»

Discover the use of thuggery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thuggery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Plots of Opportunity: Representing Conspiracy in Victorian ...
comments on the nature of working-class unrest and the need for a national pro- gram of religious education to end it,are three references to something called “ Glasgow Thuggery.”The most general of these connects this phenomenon to past  ...
Albert D. Pionke, 2004
2
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
If I may put this into plain language, we have often heard the police saying that this is ordinary thuggery. What is special thuggery? What is ordinary and special thuggery, if they exist? The Assistant Minister, Office of the President (Mr. Munya):  ...
3
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
If I may put this into plain language, we have often heard the police saying that this is ordinary thuggery. What is special thuggery? What is ordinary and special thuggery, if they exist? The Assistant Minister, Office of the President (Mr. Munya):  ...
4
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
Prof. Mzee: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead this House by calling those people victims of thuggery? We cannot understand why it is the policy of this Government to call those people ...
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
Prof. Mzee: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead this House by calling those people victims of thuggery? We cannot understand why it is the policy of this Government to call those people ...
6
Thermidorian Society
Thugs rule in this stage, and those with intelligence work for the thugs, or the thugs work for the intelligent ones, but thuggery is the name of the game in Thermidor. What holds the society together in Thermidor is thuggery and thugs— those ...
Leslie Herzberger, 2006
7
Political Thuggery; Or, Bribery A National Issue. Missouri's ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Frank, Tyrrell, Frank G, 2010
8
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
1332 insecurity. Is the Assistant Minister in order to tell this House that there is no thuggery in Laikipia West when the Government has already dispatched a contingent of GSU men to contain the security situation in that place? Mr. Samoei: Mr.
9
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
1743 Questions by Private Notice. QUESTIONS BY PRIVATE NOTICE Thuggery and Vandalism jn .Masinga Location Mr. Motiso: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister of Sfcane, Office of ithe Prcaiidcjm: flihe folicwding Queatiiioin 'by ...
10
Paranoia Within Reason: A Casebook on Conspiracy as Explanation
TACTICAL. THUGGERY: NATIONAL. SOCIALISM. IN. THE. EAST. END. OF. LONDON. Richard Edmonds is the national organizer of the British National Party , a truculent, openly racist, and neofascist movement.1 He was interviewed in July ...
George E. Marcus, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THUGGERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thuggery is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Drug war thuggery
From the OC Weekly: The Weekly has received footage from a recent marijuana dispensary raid that appears to show Santa Ana police officers eating pot candy ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
2
Tony Norman: Thuggery comes in many shades, sizes
One would think that pleading guilty to a crime of that magnitude would automatically propel individuals and institutions into the ranks of instant thuggery, if there ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 15»
3
In Baltimore, Police Thuggery Is the Real Violence Problem
In Baltimore, Police Thuggery Is the Real Violence Problem. Nathalie Baptiste. April 28, 2015. An unarmed black person is six times more likely to be killed by ... «The American Prospect, Apr 15»
4
Rand Paul: 'Lack of fathers' responsible for 'thuggery and thievery' in …
Rand Paul: 'Lack of fathers' responsible for 'thuggery and thievery' in Baltimore ... of a moral code in our society" were responsible for the "thievery and thuggery. «The Week Magazine, Apr 15»
5
Milwaukee DA John Chisholm Counters Charges Of Thuggery By …
In a swing through the crucial presidential state of Iowa this weekend, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker took the rare step of lashing out at prosecutors who had ... «Daily Caller, Apr 15»
6
AP's Bauer Covers Whining About Walker's Security Costs, But Not …
AP's Bauer Covers Whining About Walker's Security Costs, But Not 'John Doe' Thuggery. By Tom Blumer | April 26, 2015 | 11:35 PM EDT. Share it Tweet it. 0. «NewsBusters, Apr 15»
7
Clippers' Blake Griffin has learned not to be bugged by NBA thuggery
The NBA playoffs are upon us. For Blake Griffin, that means the beginning of his two-sport season. Basketball and Wrestlemania. The days of finesse in Dr. «Los Angeles Times, Apr 15»
8
No, Thuggery and Threats Of Violence Are Not 'The Market At Work'
After a day of threatening phone calls, Internet sabotage, and a freaking high-school coach busted for recruiting assistance to burn the place down, Memories ... «Breitbart News, Apr 15»
9
The question is: What's the difference?
This column is about religious thuggery. It's about people who are driven by a kind of primitive energy devoid of thought, philosophy, or human compassion. «National Catholic Reporter, Mar 15»
10
Kevin Rudd breaks silence to call for 'full democratisation' of ALP …
Kevin Rudd has made a dramatic re-entry into domestic political debate, calling for full democratisation of the Labor Party and lashing the "thuggery" of factional ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»

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