thuggery
英 [ˈθʌɡ.ər.i]
美 [ˈθʌɡ.ɚ.i]
- n. 谋财害命；暗杀
中文词源
thuggery 暴行
thug,罪犯，-ery,表行为。
英语词源
- thuggery (n.)
- 1839, from thug + -ery. Also thugee, from the native Hindi name for the system of religious assassination practiced by the thugs.
权威例句
- 1. There has also been a worrying tolerance for thuggery by Islamist vigilantes.
- 对于伊斯兰主义治安维持会分子的容忍也达到了令人担忧的地步.
- 2. Economic meltdown bred state thuggery and crime.
- 经济上的彻底垮台也滋生了国家的政治谋杀以及犯罪.
- 3. Elections have become long spells of organised thuggery.
- 各类选举已经成为组织性暗杀活动的特定行动期.
- 4. This is one reason the corporate thuggery that is destroying the rainforests is so criminal.
- 所以商业公司破坏雨林的屠杀是如此的罪恶.
- 5. Several of the victims'parents as well as foreign journalists have suffered similar thuggery.
- 许多遇难者的家属还有外国记者有类似的遭遇.