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Thuggee

//ʈʰʌ.ɡiː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A thug (a member of band of assassins in India). countable, historical
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of thuggee alt-of
  3. 3
    murder and robbery by thugs wordnet
  4. 4
    The murder and robbery of groups of travellers in India. historical, uncountable

    "‘In India, where everything began, this kind of human activity, obscene in itself, was undertaken on behalf of a goddess, called, I think, Kali; the murder was an act of so-called thugee, I was told.’"

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ठगी / Urdu ٿهگی (ṭhagī).

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