toughs

noun

Definition of toughsnext
plural of tough
as in thugs
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang didn't want her son hanging out with the neighborhood toughs

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  1. gangsters
  2. criminals
  3. bandits
Noun
  • Worried that this year’s game will begin soon, Gi-hun ups the reward to 1 billion won (around $695,000) and intensifies the search until basically all of Seoul’s gangsters are working for him.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Eventually, the two men — and the small army of gangsters and mercenaries Gi-hun has hired with his massive cash reserves — team up.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of gangsters
Noun
  • The regulation, which would require small businesses to disclose the identity of people who directly or indirectly own a control a company, is designed to prevent criminals from hiding illicit activity conducted through shell companies or opaque ownership structures, the Treasury said.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
  • But even as the ways criminals use ransomware are set to evolve, the actual makeup of the technology isn’t expected to change too drastically in the coming years.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of criminals
Noun
  • Several warring factions exist within the Zone, as well as lone bandits and stalkers.
    Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
  • There were also potential issues at Pangong Lake, the location where the bandits are carried by the elephants and find the Mystic in a tree.
    Leila Jordan, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of bandits
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toughness

toughs

toughs it out

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