Definition of Thuggism

1. the practices of Indian thugs [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thuggism

thud
thudded
thudding
thuddingly
thuds
thug
thugged out
thuggee
thuggees
thuggeries
thuggery
thugging
thuggish
thuggishly
thuggishness
thuggism (current term)
thuggisms
thuggo
thuggos
thuggy
thuglike
thugocracies
thugocracy
thugs
thugz
thuja
thuja oil
thujas
thujin
thujol

Literary usage of Thuggism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English in Western India: Being the Early History of the Factory at by Philip Anderson (1854)
"... 4 unsettled state of the provinces; dangers of travelling; thuggism ; Highway robbers: a bloody ..."

2. The English in Western India: Being the History of the Factory at Surat, of by Philip Anderson (1856)
"... dangers of travelling ; thuggism ; highway robbers ; a bloody nach ; the markets ; awkward position of foreigners — Presidents Meth- wold, ..."

3. Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India: With a Tour in Bundelcund, a by Charles James C. Davidson (1843)
"... —A case of necessity—A respectable robber—Singular case of confession—British tenderness to criminals— Thugs and thuggism—A refractory Thug — Interview ..."

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