rent-a-thug

noun

someone hired to perform possibly illegal and lethal duties resembling thuggery

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Meanings

nounrent-a-thug (plural rent-a-thugs)

plural rent-a-thugs

  1. someone hired to perform possibly illegal and lethal duties resembling thuggery

Origin

From rent-a- + thug.

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APA

rent-a-thug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rent-a-thug

MLA

“rent-a-thug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rent-a-thug. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rent-a-thug,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rent-a-thug.

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