thuggish

• He was big and thuggish-looking, some said like a fair-haired Rocky Marciano, the one-time heavyweight champion of the world. —  Magazine - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine - 2007-03 - March April
• And that was true enough: there was a thuggish, brutal look about this Riker's face that Picard couldn't believe he wasn't aware of, and all the while he had been talking about discipline among the crew, and the "upper echelons," his expression had been one of naked acquisitiveness, a greedy pleasure in the prospect that something might go wrong and come out in the end to his advantage, and Picard's discomfiture. —  Diane Duane - Star Trek : The Next Generation - Dark Mirror
• Despite, or maybe because of, media entreaties, I never felt sorry for Leeds or their thuggish fans who were very happy to see the club run into the ground on dodgy economics. —  WordPress.com News
• It's about time more people stand up to the thuggish, bullying, thieving, dissembling, home wrecking Zionists, just like decent people gave no quarter to slavery and apartheid. —  Annie's letters
• If your character is too thuggish, he's an idiot gangbanger thug mandingo. —  4thletter!

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