a violent person, especially a criminal 恶棍;暴徒;罪犯 He was beaten up by a gang of thugs. 他让一伙流氓给暴打了一顿。 The people who do these sorts of things are just mindless thugs. 做这种事情的人都是没脑子的暴徒。
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Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally referring to a member of an organization of robbers and assassins in India): from Hindi ṭhag ‘swindler, thief’, based on Sanskrit sthagati ‘he covers or conceals’. The current sense arose in the mid 19th cent.