| The rule of law is fragile, with gangs of thugs running protection rackets in many cities, in the absence of a reliable police force. |
| This is a clear indication that the terrorist thugs are on the warpath against the state. |
| Attacks on buses are being logged, and police are involved in operations across the area aimed at clamping down on the thugs. |
| He became famous for his portraits of Glasgow thugs and the drawings he made as the UK's official war artist in Bosnia. |
| We don't need any more ideologies imposed on us from above by intellectual thugs who think they are doing it for our own good. |
| One of the thugs sprinted up Hamilton Road while his accomplice made off along Grosvenor Road. |
