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  1. Thugs

    a fraternity of professed worshippers of the goddess Kali, the wife of Siva, who, professedly to propitiate her, practised murder, and lived on the spoils of the victims. Thuggee, a name for the practice, originally by strangling and at times by poisoning.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of thugs in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of thugs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of thugs in a Sentence

  1. Richard K. Morgan:

    Society is, always has been and always will be a structure for the exploitation and oppression of the majority through systems of political force dictated by an élite, enforced by thugs, uniformed or not, and upheld by a willful ignorance and stupidity on the part of the very majority whom the system oppresses.

  2. President Obama:

    Not every collection of thugs that labels themselves al Qaeda will pose a credible threat to the United States.

  3. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:

    (The city is being) destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for, tearing down businesses, tearing down or destroying property, things that we know will impact our community for years.

  4. Joshua Williams:

    When the police go out there in their uniforms, they don't see nothing but thugs, all they see is targets in the streets.

  5. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:

    Too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs who -- in a very senseless way -- are trying to tear down what so many have fought for.

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