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Definition of Thuggee
1. Noun. Murder and robbery by thugs.
Definition of Thuggee
1. n. The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs.
Definition of Thuggee
1. Noun. (historical countable) A thug (member of band of assassins in India). ¹
2. Noun. (historical uncountable) The murder and robbery of groups of travellers in India. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thuggee
1. thuggery in India [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thuggee
Literary usage of Thuggee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Administration of the East India Company: A History of Indian Progress by John William Kaye (1853)
"thuggee—Increased Knowledge of the Habits of the People—Its Results— Antiquity
of thuggee—Its Progress—Manners and Customs of the Thugs— thuggee ..."
2. A History of England and the British Empire by Arthur Donald Innes (1915)
"thuggee was another portentous evil, the very existence of which had been unsuspected.
The thugs were, in fact, a secret society of murderers whose victims ..."
3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1840)
"The system of Irish thuggee is political as well as ... to which their attention
is called is of the revolting and almost incredible character of thuggee ..."
4. Things Indian: Being Discursive Notes on Various Subjects Connected with India by William Crooke (1906)
"thuggee.— It has been remarked that an interesting book might be written on ...
This is the case with thuggee, which, when put down by General Sleeman and ..."
5. Things Indian: Being Discursive Notes on Various Subjects Connected with India by William Crooke (1906)
"thuggee.—It has been remarked that an interesting book might be written on the
crimes in India which have been " repressed," only to appear again in some ..."
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