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Different dicitionaries definitions of thug
thug thŭg►
n. A cutthroat or ruffian; a hoodlum.
n. One of a group of professional criminals, devotees of Kali, who robbed and murdered travelers in northern India until the mid-1800s.
n. A member of a confraternity of professional assassins and robbers formerly infesting India, chiefly in the central and northern provinces.
see usage paragraph below : a violent or brutish criminal or bully
a brutal thug
a gang of thugs
… in American History X, Norton … plays a vicious young Venice Beach thug, a racist skinhead with … a thick black swastika tattooed over one bulging pec, and a gleam of murder in his eye.
— Owen Gleiberman
An authoritarian government willing to use the most brutal means to hold on to power; a dictator whose thugs have murdered, tortured, imprisoned or intimidated tens of thousands of civilians …
a violent, lawless, or vicious person, especially one who commits a crime such as assault, robbery, or murder:
(sometimes initial capital letter) one of a former group of professional robbers and murderers in India who strangled their victims.
— Michiko Kakutani
a violent person, especially a criminal
an unpleasant person who behaves violently
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Physical violence is common to all definitions of thug, and criminal activity to most understandings
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Misusing words to make matters seem worse than they are does not show intelligence, nor an ability to reason.
It does show a persons character though - how often they engage in manipulative use of langage / manipulative behaviour, and the inferred why.