thug
US: /ˈθəɡ/
UK: /θˈʌɡ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
thug /θʌg/- danh từ
- (sử học) kẻ sát nhân (thuộc một giáo phái ở Ân-độ, giết người ngoài để cúng thần)
- kẻ cướp; côn đồ, du côn, ác ôn
Advanced English dictionary
+ nouna violent person, especially a criminal: a gang of thugs
thuggish adjective: thuggish brutality
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
hooligan, gangster, desperado, gunman, terrorist, hoodlum, robber, assassin, murderer, killer, cutthroat, ruffian, Mafioso, (In Paris) apache, tough, mugger, Technical p'hansigar, Brit rough, Slang tough, hood, crook, hit man, heavy, US goon, Australian larrikin:
Some thugs roughed him up and took his wallet.
Collocation
ADJ.
teenage, young | vicious | armed, knife-wielding | racist | football, soccer
QUANT.
gang
He was beaten up by a gang of thugs.