thug

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• thŭg
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England: /θʌɡ/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /θɐɡ/
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• Northern-England: /θʊɡ/
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• /fʌɡ/ Southern England, th-fronting
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• /fʊɡ/ Northern England, th-fronting
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• India: /ʈhəɡ/
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• rhymes with -ʌɡ
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• homophone: fug (th-fronting)
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• CMU ARPABET: TH AH1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Hindustani ठग (ṭhag) / ٹھگ (ṭhag, “swindler, fraud, cheat”), further derived from Prakrit 𑀞𑀕 (ṭhaga), of uncertain origin. See there for more. Thuggee was a network of gangs in India from the 17th century to the 19th century who robbed and murdered travellers, often by strangling. During British Imperial rule of India, many Indian words passed into common English, and by 1810 thug referred to a member of these Indian gangs. The sense was adopted more generally as "ruffian, cutthroat, and cruel robber" by 1839. Perhaps related to English thatch, deck.

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ауаҩы́цәгьа (awajwə́cwgja) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Abkhaz: а́уаҩ ле́ишәабааԥс (áwajw léiŝwabaaps) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Afrikaans: rampokker — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Albanian: rrugaç — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Arabic: بَلْطَجِيّ (balṭajiyy) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Arabic: بلطجي (balṭagi) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Armenian: ավազակ (avazak) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Armenian: մարդասպան (mardaspan) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Avar: хъачагъ (qxačağ) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Basque: gaizkile — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Belarusian: галаварэ́з (halavaréz) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Belarusian: разбо́йнік (razbójnik) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Belarusian: разбо́йніца (razbójnica) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Belarusian: банды́т (bandýt) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Belarusian: банды́тка (bandýtka) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Bengali: ঠগ (ṭhog) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Bengali: টেঁটন (ṭẽṭon) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Bulgarian: главоре́з (glavoréz) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Bulgarian: разбо́йник (razbójnik) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Bulgarian: разбо́йничка (razbójnička) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Bulgarian: разбо́йница (razbójnica) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Bulgarian: банди́т (bandít) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Bulgarian: банди́тка (bandítka) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡棍 /恶棍 (ègùn) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Chinese Mandarin: 暴徒 (bàotú) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Chinese Mandarin: 歹徒 (dǎitú) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Czech: bandita — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Czech: banditka — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Czech: gangster — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Czech: gangsterka — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Czech: hrdlořez — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Dutch: schoelie — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Dutch: schurk — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Esperanto: bandito — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Esperanto: brutulo — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Finnish: kovanaama — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• French: bandit — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• French: voyou — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• French: casseur — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• French: racaille — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• French: thug — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• French: coupe-jarret — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Georgian: ჩხუბისთავი (čxubistavi) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Georgian: ყაჩაღი (q̇ačaɣi) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• German: Schurke — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• German: Rowdy — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• German: Schläger — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• German: Randalierer — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Greek: κακοποιός (kakopoiós) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Hebrew: בִּרְיוֹן (biryón) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Hebrew: אִישׁ זְרוֹעַ (flowerly) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Hindi: डाकू (ḍākū) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Hindi: ठग (ṭhag) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Hindi: टपोरी (ṭaporī) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Hindi: मुस्टंडा (musṭaṇḍā) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Hungarian: orgyilkos — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Hungarian: bandita — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Hungarian: gengszter — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Hungarian: huligán — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Hungarian: zsivány — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Irish: maistín — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Irish: amhas — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Irish: bithiúnach — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Italian: delinquente — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Italian: teppista — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Japanese: 凶悪犯人 (kyōaku hannin) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Japanese: チンピラ (chinpira) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Japanese: 殺し屋 (goroshiya) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Japanese: サグ (sagu) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Kannada: ಕೊಲೆಗಡುಕ (kolegaḍuka) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Kannada: ಕೊಲೆಗಾರ (kolegāra) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Kazakh: баскесер (baskeser) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Khmer: តិរច្ឆាន (teracchaan) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Khmer: អ្នកលេងកាប់ចាក់ (nĕək leing kap cak) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Khmer: យូកូង (yuu koung) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Khmer: កាចកោង (kaac kaong) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Korean: 폭력배 (pongnyeokbae) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Lithuanian: banditas — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Malagasy: jiolahy — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Malagasy: mpanendaka — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Mongolian: луйварчин (lujvarčin) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Norman: poltron — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Norwegian Bokmål: bølle — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjeltring — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Occitan: sacamand — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Occitan: bandit — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Occitan: malfaràs — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Occitan: gusàs — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Ossetian: стъигъӕг (st’iǧæg) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Persian: خلاف کار (xalâf kâr) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Persian: اوباش (owbâš) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Persian: اراذل (arâzel) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Persian: گانگستر (gângester) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Polish: zbir — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Polish: bandyta — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Polish: bandytka — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Polish: rzezimieszek — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Polish: zbój — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Portuguese: bandido — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Portuguese: facínora — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Portuguese: malfeitor — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Portuguese: capanga — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Russian: головоре́з (golovoréz) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Russian: разбо́йник (razbójnik) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Russian: разбо́йница (razbójnica) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Russian: моло́дчик (molódčik) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Russian: банди́т (bandít) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Russian: банди́тка (bandítka) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Serbo-Croatian: ра́збо̄јнӣк — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Serbo-Croatian: ра́збојница — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Serbo-Croatian: rázbōjnīk — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Serbo-Croatian: rázbojnica — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Slovak: hrdlorez — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Slovene: razbojnik — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Slovene: razbojnica — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Sotho: tsotsi — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Spanish: matón — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Spanish: macarra — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Spanish: rufián — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Swedish: gangster — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Swedish: bandit — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Swedish: skurk — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Swedish: bov — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Tamil: கேடி (kēṭi) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Thai: นักเลงโต (nák-leeng-dtoo) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Thai: นักเลง (nák-leeng) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Turkish: haydut — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Turkish: eşkıya — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Ukrainian: головорі́з (holovoríz) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Ukrainian: розбі́йник (rozbíjnyk) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Ukrainian: розбі́йниця (rozbíjnycja) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Ukrainian: банди́т (bandýt) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Ukrainian: банди́тка (bandýtka) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Ukrainian: горлорі́з (horloríz) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Ukrainian: по́кидьок (pókydʹok) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Ukrainian: поки́дьок (pokýdʹok) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Urdu: ڈاکو (ḍākū) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Urdu: ٹھگ (ṭhag) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Vietnamese: du côn — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Welsh: llabwst — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Welsh: colbiwr — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Welsh: thyg — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Yiddish: שלעגער (shleger) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Yiddish: שלאַמער (shlamer) — someone who treats others violently or roughly
• Bengali: ঠগ (ṭhog) — a member of the Thuggee band of assassins
• Hindi: ठग (ṭhag) — a member of the Thuggee band of assassins
• Urdu: ٹھگ (ṭhag) — a member of the Thuggee band of assassins
• Welsh: thygî — a member of the Thuggee band of assassins
• Welsh: llindagwriaeth — a member of the Thuggee band of assassins
• Welsh: llindagwr — a member of the Thuggee band of assassins