thug oor Xhosa

thug

/θʌɡ/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A criminal who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire.

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For example, at three roadblocks, groups of armed thugs stopped a missionary couple.
Ngokomzekelo, amaqela amathathu ezaphuli-mthetho awayevale indlela amisa isibini esitshatileyo esingabavangeli basemazweni.

In times past, strangled human victims were offered to her by believers known as thugi, from which came the English word “thug.”
Kumaxesha adluleyo, abantu abakrwitshiweyo abangamaxhoba babenikelwa kuye ngamakholwa aziwa ngokuba ziithugi, gama elo ekwathi kulo kwavela igama lesiNgesi elithi “thug” (isikrelemnqa).

Sound advice, when heeded, has saved many drug abusers and street thugs from untimely death.
Icebiso lobulumko xa liye lasetyenziswa linokusindis’ ubomi babantu abaninzi abasebenzisa kakubi iziyobisi nabayimigulukudu.

This is not to say that God uses angels to enforce vows in the way that an unscrupulous loan shark might use thugs to extort usury payments from hapless victims.
Oku akuthethi ukuba uThixo usebenzisa izithunywa zezulu ukunyanzelisa abantu ukuba bazalise izibhambathiso zabo ngendlela umntu obolekisa ngemali ezalayo ongenalusini ebeya kuyisebenzisa, yokuthumela izikrelemnqa ukuba ziye kuqokelela ngenkani imali esele inenzala kumaxhoba angenakuzinceda.

Referring to the year 1855, the book NYPD —A City and Its Police described “the impression of many New Yorkers that the thugs and the police were becoming difficult to distinguish.”
Xa yayithetha ngowe-1855, incwadi ethi NYPD—A City and Its Police yakubeka elubala ukuba “kubantu abaninzi baseNew York kuya kusiba nzima ukwahlula umgulukudu kwipolisa.”

Günter was about to shout at the burglars when he remembered that earlier in the week thugs had shot and killed a person who had tried to stop a burglary.
UGünter wathi xa sele eza kuwakhwaza, wakhumbula ukuba ekuqaleni kwaloo veki amasela adubule umntu wafa kuba wayezama ukuwanqanda.

If a thug thought you were reaching for a weapon, he would not think twice about hurting or killing you.
Ukuba isihange besicinga ukuba ufuna ukukhupha isixhobo, besingayi kulibazisa ukukwenzakalisa okanye ukukubulala.

Then came busloads of thugs led by the defrocked Orthodox priest Vasili Mkalavishvili.
Kwathi kusenjalo kwagaleleka ibhasi izaliswe ngoonqalintloko ababekhokelwa nguVasili Mkalavishvili owayesuswe kubufundisi yiCawa yamaOthodoki.

In the Hands of Ruthless Thugs
Ukuphathwa Ngenkohlakalo Yimigulukudu

Competition between taxi drivers resulted in “taxi wars,” where thugs were hired to shoot the passengers and drivers of rival companies.
Ukukhuphisana kwabaqhubi beeteksi kuye kwaphumela “kwimilo yoonoteksi,” apho izikrelemnqa zaqeshwayo ukuze zidubule abakhweli nabaqhubi bemibutho ekuliwa nayo.

There were other people on the street, but three thugs had set a trap for the unwary.
Babekho abanye abantu esitratweni, kodwa imigulukudu emithathu yayimcuphile lo wayengaphaphanga.

The thugs choose the time and place that best suit them to attack.
Izihange zikhetha ixesha nendawo ezilungela kakuhle ukuba zihlasele.

As I was walking to the bus terminal, I was attacked by thugs, who choked and robbed me.
Njengoko ndandisiya kwisikhululo sebhasi ndakhuthuzwa ngootsotsi baza bandikrwitsha.

In Rio de Janeiro, street thugs are snatching people right off the street, sometimes demanding as little as $100 in ransom.
ERio de Janeiro, imigewu yasesitratweni ithabatha abantu ezitratweni, maxa wambi ifuna bakhululwe ngemali engangee-R600.