| 词汇 | thuggery |
| 释义 | thuggery noun[ U ] disapprovaluk /ˈθʌɡ.ər.i/ us /ˈθʌɡ.ɚ.i/ violent behaviour that is criminal or antisocial(= harmful to society): 暴行;谋财害命 The riots were condemned as "mindless thuggery" by a police commander.一名警官谴责这次骚乱是“愚蠢的暴行”。 Violent or aggressive abusively aggressive aggressively aggressiveness aggro ferociously ferocity fierce fierceness fighting words outrage proactive aggression pugnacious pugnaciously pugnacity vicious viciously viciousness violence warlike You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Crime - general words Examples of thuggerythuggery They made great noises about crime, but have produced only a couple of detention centres, which are supposed, to solve the problem of thuggery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such groups owe little to ideology, but a lot to banditry and the most brutal thuggery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nor will the majority of people who believe in democracy allow the arrogant minority to succeed in their thuggery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no doubt that we are seeing not an expression of political views but just pure greed and thuggery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The shouting died, the atmosphere became more tranquil, stories about thugs and thuggery were dropped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I expect political thuggery, which aims to replace dialogue, to be universally condemned by those involved in politics. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I ask you to consider what would have happened if they had come upon the scene while the thuggery was still proceeding. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Apparently, a number of police officers were involved in this thuggery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was uniformed thuggery, and mindless violence, carried out by police officers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The people were well minded in what they did and it was highly politically motivated thuggery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The disaster is terrible in terms of the destruction of the economy, thuggery, hunger and suffering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have an appalling record of crime—juvenile crime, every form of thuggery, vandalism, violence and promiscuity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They use football as a vehicle for thuggery and violence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a recipe for ever more anti-social behaviour and thuggery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What happened yesterday, the hooliganism and the thuggery, must never be repeated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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