Thugs

They are called Thugs, that is, deceivers; and well do they deserve the name; for their whole employment is to _deceive_ that they may _destroy_.

Far Off Favell Lee Mortimer 1840

Clyde 2 Manchester Manhunt For Footie 'Thugs' - 1 hr ago

British Blogs 2010

There was a reason Pewterarms were also called Thugs: there was no subtlety to their fighting, no clever Iron-pulls or Steelpushes.

Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006

The Thugs were an organization of murderers and thieves in India who specialized in strangling travelers.

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

The Thugs were an organization of murderers and thieves in India who specialized in strangling travelers.

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

The Thugs were an organization of murderers and thieves in India who specialized in strangling travelers.

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

The Thugs were an organization of murderers and thieves in India who specialized in strangling travelers.

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

"This is the cord that is used by the Japanese and East Indian secret societies known as the Thugs or Thuggees."

Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur Edward C. Taylor

The Pindaris were more than brigands, and the Thugs were a religious sect.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

There formerly existed in India a "well-organized confederacy of professional assassins" called Thugs, who worshipped the goddess Kali with human lives.

America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat Tingfang Wu 1882