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/θʌˈɡiː/ · noun
(historical, countable) A thug (a member of band of assassins in India)..
‘In India, where everything began, this kind of human activity, obscene in itself, was undertaken on behalf of a goddess, called, I think, Kali; the murder was an act of so-called thugee, I was told.’
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Thuggee means (historical, countable) A thug (a member of band of assassins in India)..
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‘In India, where everything began, this kind of human activity, obscene in itself, was undertaken on behalf of a goddess, called, I think, Kali; the murder was an act of so-called thugee, I was told.’
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