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thug

/tœɡ/

noun, masculine/feminine/tœɡ/plural: thugs

thug, yob.

Borrowed from English thug, in turn derived from Hindustani ठग (ṭhag) / ٹھگ (ṭhag, “swindler, fraud, cheat”), further derived from Prakrit 𑀞𑀕 (ṭhaga), of uncertain origin. See there for more.

thug — French Dictionary | Passage