noun, masculine/feminine/tœɡ/plural: thugs
thug is masculine or feminine depending on context in French.
thug, yob.
Borrowed from English thug, in turn derived from Hindustani ठग (ṭhag) / ٹھگ (ṭhag, “swindler, fraud, cheat”), further derived from Prakrit 𑀞𑀕 (ṭhaga), of uncertain origin. See there for more.