Thugging
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 thuggery; the behaviour of a thug uncountable
"How do the unions enforce this policy? […] It is enforced by crime, by murder, by arson, by dynamite, by thugging and by the bludgeon."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of thug form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"How do the unions enforce this policy? […] It is enforced by crime, by murder, by arson, by dynamite, by thugging and by the bludgeon."
Etymology
From thug + -ing.
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