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Robbery vs Thuggee - What's the difference?

robbery | thuggee |

As nouns the difference between robbery and thuggee

is that robbery is the act or practice of robbing while thuggee is (historical|countable) a thug (member of band of assassins in india).

robbery

English

Noun

(robberies)
  • The act or practice of robbing.
  • (legal) The offense of attempting to take the property of another by threat of force.

    • Hypernyms

    (attempt of taking the property of another by threat) larceny

    Hyponyms

    ; attempt of taking the property of another by threat * piracy, armed robbery, aggravated robbery, highway robbery, mugging, carjacking, extortion, stick-up (slang), blagging (slang), steaming (slang)

    Related terms

    * armed robbery * rob * robber * daylight robbery * strong-arm robbery

    thuggee

    English

    (wikipedia Thuggee)

    Noun

  • (historical, countable) A thug (member of band of assassins in India).
  • (historical, uncountable) The murder and robbery of groups of travellers in India.
  • *1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 1070:
  • *:‘In India, where everything began, this kind of human activity, obscene in itself, was undertaken on behalf of a goddess, called, I think, Kali; the murder was an act of so-called thugee , I was told.’

    • Related terms

    * thug * Thuggism