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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.
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 ...
[42] Mark Leary, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University, said that most "flash mob thuggery" involves crimes of violence that are otherwise ordinary, but are perpetrated suddenly by large, organized groups of people: "What social media adds is the ability to recruit such a large group of people, that individuals who would ...
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.
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