Used in a Sentence

thugs

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for thugs.

Editorial note

This is also evident when the only prominent black character in the show is a prostitute and the only Latinos are portrayed as thugs.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of thugs gathered in one view.

noun

A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.

noun

A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.

noun

A criminal that extorts people.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for thugs.

noun

A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.

noun

A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.

noun

A criminal that extorts people.

noun

A person who use intimidation to coerce others.

Example sentences

1

This is also evident when the only prominent black character in the show is a prostitute and the only Latinos are portrayed as thugs.

2

So yeah, thugs could kill good people (as they have and do), but if everyone bought in then that would eventually take away the power of the thugs.

3

The latest meme is that black killers are 'thugs' while white killers are 'mentally ill' in the media.

4

In a similar vein, in most Hollywood movies Romanians are presents as thugs, but with Russian names.

5

If this group of thugs is good at anything, it's getting the word out and the twitter mobs mobilized.

6

If the paper can be read, political thugs will use bullying and intimidating tactics to get votes.

7

They, more than the thugs imho, should be locked away because they're predators not just opportunists.

8

But if you work at the kind of place that is manned by totally bonkers jackbooted thugs, they won't be so lenient.

9

Let's don't let power hungry thugs, paid by taxes or otherwise, take our freedom.

10

Then get rid of the government thugs who attack citizens and get lower taxes.

11

He should have found a way to charge the CPS thugs, laughed their case out of court, and put the family back together.

12

This reminds me of the hashtags #Together4Her when somebody shares a tweet about a young woman with cancer, or a woman attacked by thugs, etc.

Quote examples

1

No one is surprised that some members of a general group of people are "violent thugs", since there are people who are like that.

2

How would it sound if I used the analogy of a "gang of black thugs with their baggy pants and shitty music" moved into my community and ruined it, and that "they should get high and make our white women uncomfortable elsewhere"?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use thugs in a sentence?

This is also evident when the only prominent black character in the show is a prostitute and the only Latinos are portrayed as thugs.

What does thugs mean?

A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.

What part of speech is thugs?

thugs is commonly used as noun.