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Thuggee (UK: / θ ʌ ˈ ɡ iː /, US: / ˈ θ ʌ ɡ i /) is the name given to alleged thugs, who, supposedly, were historical organised cults of professional robbers and murderers in India.
Cracker: In the United States, the use of "cracker" as a pejorative term for a white person does not come from the use of bullwhips by whites against slaves in the Atlantic slave trade.
In 19th century colonial India, two prevalent forms of forms of criminal activity were thuggee and dacoity. Thuggee was a practice which involved criminal gangs looting, robbing, and eventually murdering travelers whereas Dacoity was a type of organized robbery which involved the raiding of towns and villages.
The Thuggee and Dacoity Department, also called Thagi and Dakaiti Department, was an organ of the East India Company, [1] and inherited by British India, which was established in 1830 [2] with the mission of addressing dacoity (banditry), highway robbery, and particularly the Thuggee cult of robbers.
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday condemned what he described as "far-right thuggery" and said perpetrators would face the full force of the law after days of violent ...
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Thug, a criminal, who treats others violently and roughly, often for hire; Thug, a member of the former Indian cult Thuggee. Thug Behram (c. 1765–1840), leader of the Thuggee cult
The word niggle, which in modern usage means to give excessive attention to minor details, probably shares an etymology with niggardly. [3] Nigger, a racial slur widely considered to be offensive, derives from the Spanish word Negro, meaning 'black', and the French word nègre.