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Definition of Goonda
1. a hired thug [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goonda
Literary usage of Goonda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fifty Years' Reminiscences of India: A Retrospect of Travel, Adventure and by Fitz William Thomas Pollok (1896)
"The goonda has a broader expanse across the forehead; the hump between the eyes
and at the root of the trunk is more prominent; but the hollow between the ..."
2. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society ...: General index to the by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1868)
"The difference between the two bearings was 3°. From the above amba there is a
distant view of the lofty peak of goonda-goonda to the eastward, ..."
3. The Life of Sir Thomas Munro, Late Governor of Madras: With Extracts from by George Robert Gleig (1830)
"... and that goonda Punt endeavoured to get the villages at a low assessment
through the application of the Dewan at Madras, who repeatedly urged the ..."
4. Broken People: Caste Violence Against India's "Untouchables" by Smita Narula (1999)
"... A goonda is defined as a habitual criminal, usually associated with a criminal
gang. Human Rights Watch interviews with activists in Maharashtra, ..."
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