Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
thuggee .
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Examples
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Re Gates: I think police "thuggism" and general racism is much higher now than it was in 2000.
"The Collector" (2009) Steven Barnes 2009
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Yes, their critique of Fatah nepotism, pocket-lining and thuggism has some truth.
Tatchell criticizes the left for its support of Hamas... GayandRight 2009
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Polygamy and monogamy, suttee, thuggism, and cannibalism, are all acceptable to the romancer, whose business is with the heart of a man in all times and places.
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Polygamy and monogamy, suttee, thuggism, and cannibalism, are all acceptable to the romancer, whose business is with the heart of a man in all times and places.
Robert Louis Stevenson Walter Alexander Raleigh 1891
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I'm just asking; can the government, with their media tribunal proposal and Nazi-like thuggism, quash the people's right to know the truth when there are so many avenues open for news discovery in 2010 and beyond?
News24 Top Stories 2010
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Most do not realize the harm that is being done, lyrics that demeans and idolize thuggism.
BV on Sports 2009
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Most do not realize the harm that is being done, lyrics that demeans and idolize thuggism.
BV on Sports 2009
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