thuggee

[ thuhg-ee, thuh-gee ]

noun

, (sometimes initial capital letter)

1. (in India) robbery and strangulation committed by thugs.

thuggee

/ θʌˈɡiː /

noun

1. history the methods and practices of the thugs of India

Word History and Origins

Origin of thuggee¹

First recorded in 1830–40, thuggee is from the Hindi word thagī

Word History and Origins

Origin of thuggee¹

C19: from Hindi thagī; see thug

Example Sentences

Whoever was following them was an adept, as secret as a Thuggee.

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He was not above giving the haughty upstart a Thuggee's twist.

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Thuggee′, Thug′gery, Thug′gism, the practice and superstition of the Thugs.

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Again, the horrible practice of Thuggee was attacked, but it took years to stamp that out.

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A Thuggee's twist to the schemes of the street rat Umballa, who wore the Brahmin string, to which he had no right!

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