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单词 thuggery
释义
thuggery
noun[U]
disapproval
uk
/ˈθʌɡ.ər.i/us
/ˈθʌɡ.ɚ.i/
violentbehaviourthat iscriminalorantisocial(=harmfultosociety):
暴行；谋财害命
Theriotswerecondemnedas "mindlessthuggery" by apolicecommander.一名警官谴责这次骚乱是“愚蠢的暴行”。
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Violent or aggressive
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(Definition ofthuggeryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofthuggery

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They made great noises about crime, but have produced only a couple of detention centres, which are supposed, to solve the problem ofthuggery.
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Such groups owe little to ideology, but a lot to banditry and the most brutalthuggery.
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Nor will the majority of people who believe in democracy allow the arrogant minority to succeed in theirthuggery.
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There is no doubt that we are seeing not an expression of political views but just pure greed andthuggery.
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The shouting died, the atmosphere became more tranquil, stories about thugs andthuggerywere dropped.
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I expect politicalthuggery, which aims to replace dialogue, to be universally condemned by those involved in politics.
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I ask you to consider what would have happened if they had come upon the scene while thethuggerywas still proceeding.
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Apparently, a number of police officers were involved in thisthuggery.
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It was uniformedthuggery, and mindless violence, carried out by police officers.
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The people were well minded in what they did and it was highly politically motivatedthuggery.
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The disaster is terrible in terms of the destruction of the economy,thuggery, hunger and suffering.
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We have an appalling record of crime—juvenile crime, every form ofthuggery, vandalism, violence and promiscuity.
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They use football as a vehicle forthuggeryand violence.
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That is a recipe for ever more anti-social behaviour andthuggery.
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What happened yesterday, the hooliganism and thethuggery, must never be repeated.
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