thugging

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noun

thuggery; the behaviour of a thug

“How do the unions enforce this policy? […] It is enforced by crime, by murder, by arson, by dynamite, by thugging and by the bludgeon.”

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Meanings

nounthugging (uncountable)
  1. uncountablethuggery; the behaviour of a thug

    How do the unions enforce this policy? […] It is enforced by crime, by murder, by arson, by dynamite, by thugging and by the bludgeon.

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of thug

Origin

From thug + -ing.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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