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thuggee

[ thuhg-ee, thuh-gee ]

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)
  1. (in India) robbery and strangulation committed by thugs.


thuggee

/ θʌˈɡː /

noun

  1. history the methods and practices of the thugs of India
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of thuggee1

First recorded in 1830–40, thuggee is from the Hindi word ٳ󲹲ī
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of thuggee1

C19: from Hindi ٳ󲹲ī; see thug
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We are not likely to be getting a Short Round solo movie anytime soon, though I wouldn’t mind seeing Temple of Doom’s heart-ripping thuggee cultist Mola Ram back for another go-around.

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"There was a gang of criminals known as the thuggee."

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A group of these fiends would seem to have fled into Burma; so that the mysterious epidemic in Rangoon was really an outbreak of thuggee—on slightly improved lines!

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