thugdom

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noun

The condition, state, or world of a thug; thugs collectively

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Meanings

nounthugdom (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe condition, state, or world of a thug; thugs collectively

    Have the days of thugdom returned to the metropolitan newspaper business?

    1908, New York Star, number 2, page 213
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    They had fashioned it from the stuff of which the Executioner was made and fanned it to life with the spreading flames of rampant thugdom.

    2014, Don Pendleton, Texas Storm

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
thugness

Origin

From thug + -dom.

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APA

thugdom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thugdom

MLA

“thugdom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thugdom. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thugdom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thugdom.

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