thuggee
/thuhg-ee, thuh-gee/US // ˈθʌg i, θʌˈgi //UK // (θʌˈɡiː) //
暴徒,恶棍,暴民,小丑
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : robbery and strangulation committed by thugs.
Examples
Whoever was following them was an adept, as secret as a Thuggee.
He was not above giving the haughty upstart a Thuggee's twist.
Thuggee′, Thug′gery, Thug′gism, the practice and superstition of the Thugs.
Again, the horrible practice of Thuggee was attacked, but it took years to stamp that out.
A Thuggee's twist to the schemes of the street rat Umballa, who wore the Brahmin string, to which he had no right!
Level 5Browse all words →