Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: thug

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

A dangerous thug kidnapped his adoptive parents at knifepoint and trapped them in a car for the sake of £500.

Source: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/thug-kidnapped-own-parents-for-500-289101/

A JEALOUS thug who attacked his partner was jailed today for 27 months.

Source: https://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/23721879.man-jailed-attacking-partner-home-glasgows-knightswood/?ref=rss

An axe thug previously stabbed and slashed a man at a party and was part of a gang of burglars who threatened to gouge their disabled victim's eye out, the ECHO can reveal.

Source: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/gang-burglars-threatened-gouge-disabled-27299518

An intoxicated thug broke a stranger's nose in a violent attack following an argument with his girlfriend.

Source: https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/intoxicated-middlesbrough-thug-broke-strangers-27612820

A street gang thug told a judge "nice one" after being locked up for stamping on a man's head as a woman screamed for him and his accomplice to stop.

Source: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/faces-505-merseyside-criminals-who-28243413

A thug has been banned from Piccadilly Gardens after targeting a man who was withdrawing cash during an 'appalling' robbery.

Source: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/thug-banned-piccadilly-gardens-after-27627613

A thug smashed a dinner plate over his girlfriend's head during an attack at her home.

Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/fawdon-thug-smashed-dinner-plate-28270440

A thug who left a taxi driver fearing for his life as he forced him to drive while holding a seven-inch blade to his neck has been locked up.

Source: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/23759803.locked-people-jailed-teesside-crown-court/?ref=rss

A thug who stabbed a homeless man in the head with a glass bottle on a busy high street has been jailed.

Source: https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23314977.worthing-stabbing-man-attacked-homeless-man-bottle-jailed/?ref=rss

He didn't, he called someone a thug, you are definitely allowed to have an opinion on any individual.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/michael-cohen%27s-testimony-will-resume-in-the-donald-trump-business-fraud-lawsuit-in-new-york

Its quite possible the international hired thug was protecting himself against an attack by a local nutjob.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/u.s.-marine-arrested-for-assaulting-passerby-on-street-in-kawasaki

Like so many in Sadiq Khan’s London, which this week saw a machete-wielding thug running amok at Notting Hill Carnival, Assheton has had enough.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12471817/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-India-Hicks-saucy-secret-spice-sport-summer-soaks-sun-Bahamas.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Locking up the thug today, Judge Mr Justice Kerr condemned Crouch's actions, saying the offence was “an abuse of trust of the grossest kind”.

Source: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/arrogant-remorseless-step-dad-jailed-8654810

Mr McHale told the jury he stored cannabis for Cashman, and claimed he had seen and spoken to the child-killing thug in the front yard of Mr Byrne's home at the time in question.

Source: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/knifeman-kicks-door-slashes-man-27477621

Reports on social media have suggested the thug had thrown the punch after the victim 'ran over his foot' with his wheelchair.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11899143/Police-intensify-hunt-thug-punched-disabled-man-wheelchair-Bristol.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The 43-year-old thug was accused of threatening to murder presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio before he was assassinated last Wednesday (August 9).

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/bare-chested-cartel-boss-fito-30697665

The mother of an alleged wanted thug in Kano, Hantar Daba, has handed her son (Daba) over to the state police command.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/politics/1566035-breaking-mother-wanted-kano-thug-hands-son-police-details-emerge/

The thug stands still keeping the knife in his hand before one of the officers kicks him off his feet and pins him to the ground.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12847619/britain-knifeman-heroes-arrested-police-manchester.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

This showed one thug strike the victim with the metal bat and he immediately fell to the floor before they began shouting at him.

Source: https://www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/23770584.former-semi-pro-footballer-turned-burglar-kane-nolan-jailed/?ref=rss