thug

tœg

Definition

Definition of thug - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

délinquantvoyou, personne qui commet des actes de violence

Ce thug a été arrêté pour avoir agressé des passants.

malfrat

voyou

histoire indienne

Rare

membre d'une secte indienne qui tuait par strangulation

Rare

Les thugs terrorisaient les voyageurs sur les routes de l'Inde.

assassin

étrangleur

Adjective

mauvaise conduitequi agit comme un voyou brutal prêt à la violence

Il devient très thug quand quelqu’un le provoque.

brute

voyou

look street

Slang

qui affiche une esthétique dure inspirée des gangs urbains

Slang

Son blouson est super thug, avec une grosse chaîne.

gangsta

street

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Origin of thug

anglais, thug (bandit)

Examples of thug in a sentence

Les thugs contrôlent ce quartier depuis des années.
Un groupe de thugs a été arrêté par la police.
Les thugs utilisaient des rituels secrets.
Avec sa bande, il se prend pour un gars thug du quartier.
Son attitude thug effraie même ses propres amis.
Son style vestimentaire est trop thug pour un entretien d'embauche.

Ils ont choisi une esthétique très thug pour le clip vidéo.

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English:thug, thuggish, ...
German:Schläger, gewalttätig, ...
Italian:delinquente, da teppista, ...
Spanish:matón, violento, ...
Portuguese:delinquente, violento, ...
Chinese:暴徒, 暴力的, ...
Japanese:チンピラ, チンピラのような, ...
Arabic:بلطجي, بَلْطَجِيّ, ...
Hebrew:בַּרְיוֹן, בְּרִיוֹנִי, ...
Russian:бандит, хулиганский, ...
Ukrainian:головоріз, бандитський, ...
Catalan:brètol, violent, ...
Danish:thug, bølleagtig, ...
Dutch:straattuig, gewelddadig, ...
Greek:τραμπούκος, τραμπούκικος, ...
Khmer:ជនពាល, ពាល, ...
Korean:폭력배, 깡패 같은, ...
Polish:bandyta, bandycki, ...
Portuguese (BR):marginal, brigão, ...
Romanian:tâg, huligan, ...
Swedish:ligist, våldsam, ...
Thai:อันธพาล, เหมือนอันธพาล, ...
Turkish:haydut, kabadayıvari, ...
Vietnamese:du côn, hung bạo, ...

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