thug

1. A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
2. A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.
3. A criminal that extorts people.
4. A person who use intimidation to coerce others.
5. One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and sacrificed their victims to her.
6. One who, usually as a result of social disadvantage, has turned to committing crimes (e.g. selling drugs, robbery, assault, etc.) to make a living; a gangsta.
7. An overvigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
8. A wooden bat used in the game of miniten, fitting around the player's hand.

Plural thugs