Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as thuggee.

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Examples

  • Re Gates: I think police "thuggism" and general racism is much higher now than it was in 2000.

    "The Collector" (2009) Steven Barnes 2009

  • Yes, their critique of Fatah nepotism, pocket-lining and thuggism has some truth.

    Tatchell criticizes the left for its support of Hamas... GayandRight 2009

  • 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 2004

  • 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

  • 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

  • Most do not realize the harm that is being done, lyrics that demeans and idolize thuggism.

    BV on Sports 2009

  • Most do not realize the harm that is being done, lyrics that demeans and idolize thuggism.

    BV on Sports 2009

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