thug

“She saw the show early, and she was just totally taken. I think she said something like, ‘Alicia, you made this young thug cry,’” Keys recounted.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

But as long as Mr. Cabello remains the thug behind the throne, any such change would be cosmetic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

In July 2021, Syrian teenager Jamal Hijazi won £100,000 in damages following a major defamation battle after Yaxley-Lennon spread false allegations accusing him of being a violent thug.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024

"But the idea to pay her thug money to try to help protect her this and that, for what?" he added.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2024

I was sleepy, but at the plant I tried to stay awake so that I could watch out for the thug.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

Ms. Crabapple’s great-grandfather, Samuel Rothbort, was a Russian-born Bundist who, after tangling with local thugs, immigrated to the U.S. and became a painter and chicken farmer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

"They began organising traffic and clearing the markets, removing the street vendors who were blocking the roads. We felt protected from thugs and thieves."

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

Braxton: Gaitok’s “eureka” moment when he recognizes the thugs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025

Sometimes the best way to show leadership is to just say no, especially to bullies, thieves and thugs.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2025

She let her finger run along the lines, over the rough, sandy paper, while her eyes followed the letters to another, colder place, in another time, to a house without locked doors and black-jacketed thugs.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke