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4 lettersPronunciation /θʌɡ/Part of speech noun, verbSorted ghtuStarts with TEnds with G0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an aggressive and violent young criminal

Word origin

Borrowed from Hindustani ठग (ṭhag) / ٹھگ (ṭhag, “swindler, fraud, cheat”), further derived from Prakrit 𑀞𑀕 (ṭhaga), of uncertain origin. See there for more.

Used in a sentence

  • They call you a land of license—free but to thug and thief.
  • Every summer brought the prospect of the dragonships snaking their way upriver, each vessel filled with thirty or more rapacious thugs.
  • I pushed up out of my chaise and headed for the miniten court. Leah handed me her thug as I walked past her.

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