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单词 thuggery
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Definition of thuggery in English:

thuggery

noun ˈθʌɡəriˈθəɡ(ə)ri
mass noun
  • Violent behaviour, especially of a criminal nature.

    a cowardly act of mindless thuggery
    a campaign of fear, intimidation, and thuggery
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Despite a thriving democracy, the justice system has not always been successful in stopping fascist thuggery.
    • Analysts say the president's tactics of power consolidation and political thuggery have been successful in shutting out challengers.
    • Unlike conventional crime, computer thuggery frequently reaches across territorial lines, often originating from countries where the act is not illegal.
    • The church is the second to be damaged in what appears to be a campaign of thuggery.
    • Vandalism and thuggery are an all-too-frequent blot on the landscape in recent years.
    • He has certainly not condoned or excused racist violence or thuggery.
    • Corporate thuggery is destroying the rainforests.
    • There's no place in football for the kind of thuggery that went on out there.

Rhymes

skulduggery, snuggery

Definition of thuggery in US English:

thuggery

nounˈTHəɡ(ə)rēˈθəɡ(ə)ri
  • Violent behavior, especially of a criminal nature.

    a cowardly act of mindless thuggery
    a campaign of fear, intimidation, and thuggery
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Corporate thuggery is destroying the rainforests.
    • Despite a thriving democracy, the justice system has not always been successful in stopping fascist thuggery.
    • Analysts say the president's tactics of power consolidation and political thuggery have been successful in shutting out challengers.
    • He has certainly not condoned or excused racist violence or thuggery.
    • The church is the second to be damaged in what appears to be a campaign of thuggery.
    • Unlike conventional crime, computer thuggery frequently reaches across territorial lines, often originating from countries where the act is not illegal.
    • Vandalism and thuggery are an all-too-frequent blot on the landscape in recent years.
    • There's no place in football for the kind of thuggery that went on out there.
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