Definition of "thuggery" []

• The violent act of thugs. (noun)

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• "Rights lawyers, however, noted that the military has applied the term "thuggery" very broadly, covering street protesters and potentially anyone else it chooses."
• "Egypt's de facto head of state said Tuesday that the military government would limit its use of extrajudicial arrests and detentions to cases of what he called "thuggery.""
• "said the term "thuggery" has been used as a catchall crime since the military assumed power Feb. 11 and is so broad that people have been arrested for no reason."