"rent-a-thug" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: rent-a-thugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=rent-a-thug}} rent-a-thug (plural rent-a-thugs)
  1. someone hired to perform possibly illegal and lethal duties resembling thuggery
    Sense id: en-rent-a-thug-en-noun-8zM9Ihux Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for rent-a-thug meaning in All languages combined (0.7kB)

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