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thugocracy

/θʌɡˈɑkɹəsi/

thugocracy noun: government by a group of thugs.

Noun

thugocracy (plural thugocracies)

  1. (slang) Government by a group of thugs.

thugocracy meaning in Gujarati

thugocracy in Gujarati

thugocracy
ગુંડાશાહી guṇḍāśāhī

Forms of thugocracy

pluralthugocracies

Origin of thugocracy

From thug + -o- + -cracy, as in democracy.

Questions about thugocracy

What does thugocracy mean?
Thugocracy means government by a group of thugs.
What is thugocracy in Gujarati?
Thugocracy in Gujarati is ગુંડાશાહી (guṇḍāśāhī). See Thugocracy meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is thugocracy?
Thugocracy is a noun.
How do you pronounce thugocracy?
Thugocracy is pronounced /θʌɡˈɑkɹəsi/.
What is the plural of thugocracy?
The plural of thugocracy is thugocracies.

Words near thugocracy in the dictionary

  1. thuglet
  2. thuglets
  3. thuglike
  4. thugness
  5. thugocracies
  6. thugocracy
  7. thugs
  8. thugs it out
  9. thugsta
  10. thugstas
  11. thugz

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thugocracy (page history and authors); ગુંડાશાહી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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