英语词汇thug的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

thug. An Indian sect of religious fanatics called the P’hanisigars, “noose operators,” whom the British euphemisti- cally called Thugs, from a Sanskrit word (sthaga) meaning “rogue or cheater,” dated back to at least the 13th century. The thugs supposedly honored Kali the Hindu goddess of destruc- tion with their murders and thievery. They would worm their way into the confidence of travelers, or would follow a wealthy victim for weeks sometimes before finding him in a lonely place and slipping a rope or cloth noose around his neck. The group was as well organized as the Syndicate today, even speaking a secret language, Ramasi, and bribing government officials for protection. The British eliminated the Thugs in In- dia in the 1830s when they hanged 412 of them and sentenced another 2,844 to life imprisonment, but the name of the band lives on after them. Thug, an ugly word, is still used for ugly criminal types from tough guys to assassins, and thuggee is sometimes heard for the crime of strangulation that the Thugs perfected.

词汇	thug
词源	thug. An Indian sect of religious fanatics called the P’hanisigars, “noose operators,” whom the British euphemisti- cally called Thugs, from a Sanskrit word (sthaga) meaning “rogue or cheater,” dated back to at least the 13th century. The thugs supposedly honored Kali the Hindu goddess of destruc- tion with their murders and thievery. They would worm their way into the confidence of travelers, or would follow a wealthy victim for weeks sometimes before finding him in a lonely place and slipping a rope or cloth noose around his neck. The group was as well organized as the Syndicate today, even speaking a secret language, Ramasi, and bribing government officials for protection. The British eliminated the Thugs in In- dia in the 1830s when they hanged 412 of them and sentenced another 2,844 to life imprisonment, but the name of the band lives on after them. Thug, an ugly word, is still used for ugly criminal types from tough guys to assassins, and thuggee is sometimes heard for the crime of strangulation that the Thugs perfected.
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