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Meanings of thuggery in English

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Usage of thuggery in English
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Life-threatening thuggery is what makes filthy rugby the game it is.
The Irish Times
2
What we have seen here have been acts of stupid thuggery.
The Irish Times
3
One man's peaceful sit-down protest is another man's ugly, violent and nasty thuggery.
The Irish Times
4
The FA, which has urged action on thuggery from the government, welcomed his comments.
The Irish Times
5
It was downright thuggery and I think it is a great pity it happened.
The Irish Times
6
Terrorism relies on thuggery and foul play; cruelty and surprise.
News.com.au
7
Home Secretary Priti Patel described the violence as "thoroughly unacceptable thuggery".
Radio NZ
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The victim of this thuggery was the American citizen.
The post-american presidency: the obama administration's war on ...
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Compare it with the thuggery of football louts who travel abroad and vandalise foreign cities.
The Irish Times
10
This is not a judicial sentence, this is thuggery.
The Guardian
11
Police have denied any involvement and attributed yesterday's killings to "rivalry or thuggery".
The Guardian
12
Many renounce their educations at 16, thwarted by thuggery.
The Guardian
13
They turned a blind eye to RUC thuggery and Para blackguardism in dealing with them.
The Irish Times
14
But like any good thuggery artist, Putin always comes out with material directed at the ladies.
Wired
15
It's just mindless thuggery, said owner Trevor Reeves.
The Guardian
16
We're financing brutal thuggery on a global scale.
Reuters
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