Synonyms for thug
θʌgthug

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1. hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armernoun

   an aggressive and violent young criminal

   Synonyms:
   goon, sticker, stumper, lubber, oaf, strong-armer, ruffian, stumblebum, tinder, punk, kindling, cowling, poser, exhaust hood, tough, cowl, punk rocker, street fighter, bully, clod, yobo, toughie, yob, hooligan, roughneck, spunk, yobbo, hoodlum, lummox, punk rock, lout, lump, touchwood, rowdy, lens hood, gawk, bonnet, hood, cap

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1. • Criminal

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1. thugnoun

   Synonyms:
   ruffian, rough, assassin

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1. List of paraphrases for "thug":

   punk, hoodlum, gangster, bandit, lowlife, hooligan, rogue, rascal, bully, mugger, bum, wicked, kingpin, goon, gangsta

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1. Donald Trump:

   The Special ‘Prosecutor’ assigned to the ‘get Trump case,’ Jack Smith(?), is a Trump Hating THUG whose wife is a serial and open Trump Hater, whose friends & other family members are even worse.

2. Donald Trump:

   First of all, the phone is not even owned by this young thug that killed all these people – the phone’s owned by the government, tim Cook is looking to do a big number, probably to show how liberal he is.

3. Kehinde Andrews:

   This sort of language does have consequences. The word 'thug' plays into a stereotype of aggressive young black men, when you look at why black people are so much more likely to be arrested or suffer violence it often comes back to this stereotype.

4. Sheryll Cashin:

   He was talking about vandals, but he was still participating in a very specific anti-Black idea, part of why it's so challenging to pursue humane policies that can uplift people in high-poverty areas is because we supply a lens of presumed thug -- instead of presumed citizen.

5. Chuck Schumer:

   Forty-two Republican senators chose today to stand with Vladimir Putin, i'm extremely disappointed that many of my Republican colleagues are too afraid of breaking with President Trump to stand up to a thug.