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Thug
Thug in common modern day usage means a common criminal, but the word itself is of Indian origin. A thug, thuggee, or tuggee was an organised group of professional assasssins that travelled across India for hundreds of years, being first mentioned in 1356. They would rob their victims before killing and burying them, and every murder was performed in honour of the Goddess Kali in a very ritualistic manner.
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