Also -ie. [a. Hindī ṭhagī, abstr. sb. f. ṭhag THUG.] The system of robbery and murder practised by the Thugs. Also attrib.
1837. Edin. Rev., Jan., 358. These … people are known by the name of Thugs, and their profession is called Thuggee.
1859. Lang, Wand. India, 98. The suppression of Thuggee in the British dominions.
1898. Speaker, 26 Nov., 641/1. Colonel Sleeman … had charge of the Thuggee inquiries.
1902. Daily Chron., 7 Aug., 3/5. Colonel Sir E. Bradford was appointed general superintendent of the operations for the suppression of ‘thagi and dakaiti,’ as the India Office calls it.
