thug

As nouns the difference between thug and raider

is that thug is a criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire while raider is one who engages in a raid; a plunderer.

As a noun thug

is a criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire.

As a proper noun rascal is

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As nouns the difference between villian and thug

is that villian is while thug is a criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire.

As nouns the difference between thug and thief

is that thug is a criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire while thief is one who has carried out a theft.

As nouns the difference between outlaw and thug

is that outlaw is a fugitive from the law while thug is a criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire.

As a verb outlaw

is to declare illegal.

As nouns the difference between pug and thug

is that pug is term of endearment (probably related to puck) while thug is a criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire.

As a verb pug

is to mix and stir when wet.

Vandal is a synonym of thug.

As nouns the difference between thug and vandal

is that thug is a criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire while vandal is a person who needlessly destroys or damages other people's property.

As a verb vandal is

to become a vandal.

As an adjective vandal is

of the particular ancient Germanic tribe.

As nouns the difference between thug and killer

is that thug is a criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire while killer is an ink eradicator or killer can be a paid killer, a contract killer.

As nouns the difference between brute and thug

is that brute is an animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast while thug is a criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire.

As an adjective brute

is without reason or intelligence (of animals).

As a verb brute

is obsolete spelling of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between thug and mob

is that thug is a criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire while mob is an unruly group of people.

As a verb mob is

to crowd around (someone), often with hostility.

As an abbreviation mob is

mobile phone.

As an initialism MOB is

Man Over Board, used e.g. on the emergency button of a satellite navigator. By pushing the button the operator stores the coordinates of a man overboard incident for easy access.