thuggee

plural thuggees · alternative thagi · alternative thuggi · alternative thugi · alternative Thuggee · alternative Thugee · alternative thugee

1. countablehistoricalA thug (a member of band of assassins in India).
2. historicaluncountableThe murder and robbery of groups of travellers in India.

   ‘In India, where everything began, this kind of human activity, obscene in itself, was undertaken on behalf of a goddess, called, I think, Kali; the murder was an act of so-called thugee, I was told.’

   1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1070

plural Thuggees

1. Alternative letter-case form of thuggee