A thug is typically referred to a male or female who commits crimes for personal gain through stealing, selling drugs, but especially violent crimes such as robbery and assault.
Thug means you started at the literal bottom without the help of parents/birth parents/family friends/connections or anyone and made it to the top without the help of family/parents/birth parents/connections
SAAD's a thug
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i know g he aint a spoiled brat like the rest of us who's parents built him up
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i know what a g he did it himself
One with no place in civilized society. Highly aggressive mannerisms, tone of voice, and behavior. Makes you nervous to even be in the same room as that person. Highly likely to rob you or commit acts of violence.
The original Thugs were bands of roving criminals in India who strangled and robbed travellers. Originally these gangs committed murder following precise religious rites to honour Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction.