Thuggish

The usual caveat about asking opinions of people in thuggish, authoritarian regimes applies in her case. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What we have would be better described as thuggish paramilitary units occupying what they regard as hostile territory. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What we have would be better described as thuggish paramilitary units occupying what they regard as hostile territory: like any occupying force, the people they go after the first and the hardest are generally the people who are most vulnerable, and like any other occupying force there is no real recourse for anything they may choose to do on their patrols. ❋ Unknown (2008)

HARRIS: Well, you heard the tough words from Ambassador Nicholas Burns just a couple of moments ago right here in the NEWSROOM warning Serbia, again, to protect U.S. assets in the aftermath of the attack described as thuggish behavior. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Football fans cry foul over 'thuggish' police, a split over porn and Charlie Brooker is accused of going soft! ❋ Phil Daoust (2010)

It is my hope that steps have been taken to ensure this kind of thuggish behavior never happens again in this campaign. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

As the parent of a teen and a former teen myself, I have heard "thuggish" music and Kanye is not it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A cable by U.S. diplomat Richard LeBaron reveals that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi made "thuggish" threats to kill all trade deals with Britain and harass its embassy staff in Tripoli if no release was forthcoming. ❋ JOHN FUND (2010)

' Thuggish ' Libyan Bid LONDON — U.S. embassy cables published by WikiLeaks illustrate what one U.S. diplomat called Libya ' s " thuggish " approach that led to last year ' s release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi. ❋ Paul Sonne (2010)

Which is the crudest kind of thuggish blackmail, often purveyed by the DLC type. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After all as they are so "thuggish" no one will ever vote, in great enough numbers, for them will they? ❋ Unknown (2008)