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Thuggee
Thuggee meaning
A thug (a member of band of assassins in India). | The murder and robbery of groups of travellers in India.
Example sentences (4)
In "Temple of Doom," after Indiana Jones, Willie Scott, and Ke Huy Quan's Short Round first arrive at Pankot Palace, they sit down to a large banquet, where Indy questions Roshan Seth's Prime Minister Chattar Lal about the sinister Thuggee cult.
Out of the four films released so far, it is the only entry not to feature a military presence as the enemy, instead opting to focus on Mola Ram and the Thuggee cult.
If ever there was an unpromising task, if ever there was a hopeless task in the world, surely it was offered here—the task of conquering Thuggee.
The government of India established the Thuggee and Dacoity Department in 1835, with Sleeman its first superintendent.