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- adjective Of or pertaining to
thuggery .
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Examples
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The usual caveat about asking opinions of people in thuggish, authoritarian regimes applies in her case.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Iran and the Shortcomings of International Human Rights Law 2010
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What we have would be better described as thuggish paramilitary units occupying what they regard as hostile territory: like any occupying force, the people they go after the first and the hardest are generally the people who are most vulnerable, and like any other occupying force there is no real recourse for anything they may choose to do on their patrols.
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What we have would be better described as thuggish paramilitary units occupying what they regard as hostile territory.
You got served and protected #3: preemptive “reasonable force” in Blackburn, Lancashire 2008
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What we have would be better described as thuggish paramilitary units occupying what they regard as hostile territory.
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HARRIS: Well, you heard the tough words from Ambassador Nicholas Burns just a couple of moments ago right here in the NEWSROOM warning Serbia, again, to protect U.S. assets in the aftermath of the attack described as thuggish behavior.
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What we have would be better described as thuggish paramilitary units occupying what they regard as hostile territory: like any occupying force, the people they go after the first and the hardest are generally the people who are most vulnerable, and like any other occupying force there is no real recourse for anything they may choose to do on their patrols.
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What we have would be better described as thuggish paramilitary units occupying what they regard as hostile territory.
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What we have would be better described as thuggish paramilitary units occupying what they regard as hostile territory.
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Football fans cry foul over 'thuggish' police, a split over porn and Charlie Brooker is accused of going soft!
The readers' room: What you thought of G2 this week . . . Phil Daoust 2010
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It is my hope that steps have been taken to ensure this kind of thuggish behavior never happens again in this campaign.
Apparent Rand Paul Supporter Stomps On MoveOn Member's Head (VIDEO) (UPDATED) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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