thuggery

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
thuggery
    n 1: violent or brutal acts as of thugs
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Thuggery \Thug"ger*y\, Thuggism \Thug"gism\, n.
   Thuggee.
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