1. A cutthroat or ruffian; a hoodlum. 2. also Thug One of a band of professional assassins formerly active in northern India who worshiped Kali and offered their victims to her.
ETYMOLOGY:
Hindi hag, perhaps from Sanskrit sthaga, a cheat, from sthagati, sthagayati, he conceals. See (s)teg- in Appendix I.
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hag, perhaps from Sanskrit sthaga
, a cheat, from sthagati, sthagayati, he conceals. See (s)teg- in Appendix I.
ger·y —NOUN
