Get to know Thug better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like hood or outlaw. In Dutch this translates to schurk.
Thug in a sentence
Related words
Thug meaning
- A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
- A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.
- A criminal that extorts people.
Synonyms of Thug
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Using Thug
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization. | A violent, aggressive, or truculent person. | A criminal that extorts people.
- Useful related words include: hood, outlaw, crook, felon.
- Possible Dutch translations are: schoelie, schurk.
- In the example corpus, thug often appears in combinations such as: young thug, thug who, the thug.
Context around Thug
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 9 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thug
- In this selection, "thug" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, young, dangerous, intoxicated, kidnapped, broke and told stand out and add context to how "thug" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2022 young thug and 27 and a dangerous thug kidnapped his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thug" sits close to words such as analytica, attic and bauer, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thug
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A thug is a thing is a thug. (8 words)
Floyd Mayweather, a song by Young Thug, was later featured. (10 words)
Gunna is back and Lil Thug is headed to trial. (10 words)
As court proceedings were twice interrupted due to his sudden hospitalizations, Young Thug and his legal team have also challenged the introduction of evidence from a Ring doorbell recording, which they argue does not feature the rapper’s voice. (39 words)
Founded by industry veterans Naman Mathur (Mortal), Animesh Agarwal (8Bit Thug), and Lokesh Jain (Goldy), S8UL's consecutive win marks a historic moment, solidifying its position as a trailblazer in both the Indian and international Esports scenes. (37 words)
Mazzotti is a common criminal and a thug, no wonder Kenny Kunene referred to Julius Malema as a thug, he's not just a thug but associate of white monopoly capital pic. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Mazzotti is a common criminal and a thug, no wonder Kenny Kunene referred to Julius Malema as a thug, he's not just a thug but associate of white monopoly capital pic.
Recently, DJ Akademiks claimed that hours after Young Thug’s release, Drake allegedly gifted the Thug $1 million in cash.
A thug is a thing is a thug.
A dangerous thug kidnapped his adoptive parents at knifepoint and trapped them in a car for the sake of £500.
An intoxicated thug broke a stranger's nose in a violent attack following an argument with his girlfriend.
As court proceedings were twice interrupted due to his sudden hospitalizations, Young Thug and his legal team have also challenged the introduction of evidence from a Ring doorbell recording, which they argue does not feature the rapper’s voice.
A street gang thug told a judge "nice one" after being locked up for stamping on a man's head as a woman screamed for him and his accomplice to stop.
A thug has been banned from Piccadilly Gardens after targeting a man who was withdrawing cash during an 'appalling' robbery.
A thug smashed a dinner plate over his girlfriend's head during an attack at her home.
A thug who left a taxi driver fearing for his life as he forced him to drive while holding a seven-inch blade to his neck has been locked up.
A thug who stabbed a homeless man in the head with a glass bottle on a busy high street has been jailed.
A video for Logic’s rendition of Bone Thug’s “Weed Song” hit YouTube on Tuesday.
But after that, Thug’s lapses are few and rare, as one would expect from an artist with a combined 29 albums, mixtapes, and EPs.
Defence barrister Michael Borrelli KC, put Haggarty’s background to him, suggesting he was a “violent thug” and a terrorist, to which he agreed.
Floyd Mayweather, a song by Young Thug, was later featured.
Founded by industry veterans Naman Mathur (Mortal), Animesh Agarwal (8Bit Thug), and Lokesh Jain (Goldy), S8UL's consecutive win marks a historic moment, solidifying its position as a trailblazer in both the Indian and international Esports scenes.
Gunna is back and Lil Thug is headed to trial.
He didn't, he called someone a thug, you are definitely allowed to have an opinion on any individual.
In May 2022, Young Thug and 27 others were indicted under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
It featured top international acts, including Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Young Thug, Lil Baby, and Summer Walker, along with several other artistes.
Common combinations with thug
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- young thug 47×
- thug who 30×
- the thug 20×
- thug and 19×
- thug was 10×
- thug has 9×
- bambie thug 6×
- that thug 5×
- thug in 5×
- thug is 4×