thuggee

[ thuhg-ee, thuh-gee ]

noun

, (sometimes initial capital letter)

1. (in India) robbery and strangulation committed by thugs.

thuggee

/ θʌˈɡiː /

noun

1. history the methods and practices of the thugs of India

Word History and Origins

Origin of thuggee¹

First recorded in 1830–40, thuggee is from the Hindi word thagī

Word History and Origins

Origin of thuggee¹

C19: from Hindi thagī; see thug

Example Sentences

We are not likely to be getting a Short Round solo movie anytime soon, though I wouldn’t mind seeing Temple of Doom’s heart-ripping thuggee cultist Mola Ram back for another go-around.

From The Guardian

"There was a gang of criminals known as the thuggee."

From BBC

A group of these fiends would seem to have fled into Burma; so that the mysterious epidemic in Rangoon was really an outbreak of thuggee—on slightly improved lines!

From Project Gutenberg