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Thug·gee

(thŭg′ē)

Robbery and murder as practiced by the Thugs.

[Hindi ṭhagī, from ṭhag, Thug; see thug.]

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thuggee

(θʌˈɡiː)

(Historical Terms) history the methods and practices of the thugs of India

[C19: from Hindi thagī; see thug]

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thuggeeism, thuggee

a semi-religious Hindu cult with a highly organized system of murder and robbery, suppressed in India in the 19th century. Also thuggery. — thug, n.

See also: Hinduism

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thuggee - murder and robbery by thugs

murder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

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It was thereabouts that Feringhea, the Thuggee chief, king of the stranglers, held his sway.

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The original Thuggee chiefs must be doing a jig in their graves with pride.

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Brereton, those 'Report on Thuggee in the Punjab' was printed by the Chronicle Press of Lahore in 1853.

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