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Thug a member of a religious organization of robbers and assassins in India. Devotees of the goddess
Kali, the Thugs waylaid and strangled their victims, usually travellers, in a ritually prescribed manner. They were suppressed by the British in the 1830s. The name is recorded from the early 19th century and comes from Hindi
ṭhag ‘swindler, thief’, based on Sanskrit
sthagati ‘he covers or conceals’.
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THUG RAPPERS RULE ARRESTS, ATTITUDE BOOST THEIR IMAGE.(LIVING)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 1/11/2000; 700+ words
; ...arrests nor gloom of bad publicity could keep thug rappers from selling albums by the millions...cultural impact, it was the year of the thug rapper, whose raw, ghetto-centric brand...pop and corporate-country hits, the thug rapper stalked the charts with a defiant...
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 "Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK)")
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Thug stories: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony aims for renewal with new discs.
Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK); 9/10/2006; 700+ words
; ...recent years. Bone Thugs' last full-length al bum, 2002's "Thug World Order," did...artist talked up Bone Thugs' new independent album...Koch Records release "Thug Stories," due out Sept. 19, and Bone Thugs' forthcoming, as...
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Mo Thugs return with `Family Scriptures II: Family Reunion,' debuts
Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News; 3/17/1999; 700+ words
; ...last year's platinum "Mo Thugs Family Scriptures," is a project...platinum hip-hop phenomenon Bone Thugs `N' Harmony. It showcases many of the innovative group's Mo Thug roster. Not surprisingly...was executive produced by Bone Thugs members Layzie Bone and Krayzie...
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Nothing sacred about these Thugs Queen Victoria was thrilled by tales of Hindu thieves who strangled their victims, so it was said, in the name of Kali. Patrick French learns otherwise
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/8/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...excited by Confessions of a Thug -- a novel written by...bound. The idea that Thugs were bloodthirsty Hindu...is remarkable how many Thugs appear to have been willing...the words ``Convicted Thug'' tattooed in Hindi...the background of the Thugs. Some, he believes...
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COLUMN: Can't be a thug in college
News Wire article from: University Wire; 8/19/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Really will ya' roll with a thug, A young n**** in a big car...on a fat blunt, baby was up. ( Thug for Life: Book of Thugs, Chapter AK, verse 47) If you...his other songs that delve into thug activities and thug pastimes...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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War on the first Thugs.(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/20/2005; 700+ words
; ...HUDSON Critic's choice THUG: THE TRUE STORY OF INDIA...pounds sterling]20) THUGS were highwaymen with a...generations. Some 200 gangs of Thugs were scattered throughout...half over, the word 'thug' had gone into the English...revenue collection'. The Thugs were more sophisticated...
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 "Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)")
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Bone Thugs' comeback is complete.(TIME OUT)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 5/31/2007; 700+ words
; ...proven capable of beating the odds, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is it. "Strength &...sales. "All the negative talk about Bone Thugs being over and not doing anything, that...and for all bounced from the group, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is down to Krayzie Bone...
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Stranglers Of The Night A British historian frees the Thugs of India from the demonic stereotypes popularised by the West
Newspaper article from: India Today; 6/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; THUG: THE TRUE STORY OF INDIA...pounds 20 Pages: 356 The word "Thug" first entered the English...execution of more than 500 alleged Thugs and permanent incarceration...For Victorian Britain, the Thugs (also known as Stranglers or...
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Woerkens, Martine Van. The Strangled Traveler: Colonial Imaginings and the Thugs of India.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Asian Folklore Studies; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Imaginings and the Thugs of India. Translated...illustrations, thug lexicon, references...scholarship on the Thugs of India. As the...mentions, the word "Thug" has found place...representations of the Thugs, most importantly...novel Confessions Of A Thug (1839) by Meadows...
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Books: Beware the wild drovers Indiana Jones got it all wrong " the Thugs weren't bloody devotees of Kali, as Bill Saunders discovers
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 5/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...dynasties, and even Thug weddings to unite them. The Thugs liked to claim a...19th century, but Thugs considered armed...vulgar. The art of Thug was to win the confidence...Although the purpose of Thug expeditions was always murder, few Thugs actually did the...
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
...masterful interweaving of Bone Thug-N-Harmony's five voices. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony further distinguished...and in early 2000 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony released...In October 2002 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony released Thug World Order, which featured...
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Thug
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...wearing religious garb the Thug maintained an air of respectability...regular profession, and Thugs paid city taxes. Thugs...by "retired" elderly Thugs, who continued to operate...peculiar argot used by Thugs to maintain the secrecy...he introduced the word thug to English ...
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thug
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
thug / [unvoicedth]ə...person, esp. a criminal. 2. ( Thug ) hist. a member of a religious...Devotees of the goddess Kali, the Thugs waylaid and strangled their...in the 1830s. DERIVATIVES: thug·ger·y...
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Thugs
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Thugs , former Indian religious sect of murderers...had been dug with it. For most of the year Thugs followed ordinary occupations, but in the...were usually exempted from attack. The Thugs, whose activities are known as far back...
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thugs
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
thugs Murderous gangs in India who preyed on travellers. They were members of a secret society, who killed their victims by ritual strangulation ( thuggee ) in honour of Kali , the Hindu goddess of destruction. The British suppressed the thugs in the 1830s.
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