thugs

plural of thug

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Recent Examples of thugs Their neighbor, an older Jewish woman, gets arrested and Nazi thugs brazenly loot her apartment. Rabih Alameddine september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025 As night falls, armed thugs roam the streets and families pick up guns to protect themselves. Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025 Digging and cutting back garden thugs is often necessary to preserve what grows on your side of the fence. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025 Peace isn’t easy to come by, though the motorcycle thugs who swing by to bully the locals and squeeze money out of the businesses don’t offer much resistance. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025 Some people are thugs for life. Sean Neumann, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Hutch screams at thugs during a four-on-one melee, and the irony is only flesh-wound deep. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025 Lendina’s thugs try to force Hutch out of town, attacking him on a duck boat. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025 However, hoodlums and thugs who throw objects at the players give up their rights and should be removed, charged, and possibly jailed. Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thugs
Noun
  • On Tuesday, a total of 300 federal agents stormed a South Side apartment building that Department of Homeland Security officials say harbored criminals.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Columns speculated endlessly about the men in Mary’s life, her engagement to Daniel Payne and her connection to local criminals.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Now is the time to push back in defense of free speech – as strongly and as publicly as the gangsters on the left and right are threatening to revoke it.
    Onkar Ghate, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike Mare, whose community was cloistered and intimate, Task builds a wider world of dealers, gangsters, and thieves, not always to its benefit.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Developed and released by Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc, the game allows players to fight and explore as both heroes and villains from the iconic franchise, following a story mode that takes place in the universe’s Final War arc.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Over $200 Off NFL Sunday Ticket NFL fans can make out like bandits with the DraftKings Sportsbook welcome offer.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern were cast as the bumbling but dogged bandits, Harry and Marv, and Catherine O’Hara brought humor and compassion to the part of Kevin’s mother.
    Tim Greiving, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Are assassins like Kirk’s killer simply pathological outliers among agitated but otherwise self-restrained populations?
    Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Brian’s life is saved by Murtagh, who tackles him and rolls him to a hiding spot while the assassins pass.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Aleah and Grasso end up saving Lizzie’s ass and capturing the hoodlums.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • However, hoodlums and thugs who throw objects at the players give up their rights and should be removed, charged, and possibly jailed.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Steve and Barb Willis, owners Just Farmin', believe thieves broke into their barn overnight almost two weeks ago.
    Brady Williams, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Other cast include the ‘Legacies’–students who come from generations of master thieves.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On the other hand, there was also the concept of reading and how to integrate that in the story, how the pirates learn to read, and how words go together.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Leaders in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) focused on combating pirates and handling trade across the strait as Chinese settlers increasingly moved to the island.
    David C. Kang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Thugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thugs. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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