thugification
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From thug + -ification.
Noun
[edit]thugification (uncountable)
- The process of rendering or becoming more tough, violent, or brutal.
- 2004 December 7, Wesley Pruden, “Cheer, Cheer for Old Siwash U”, in The Washington Times:
- His three-point shooting, rebounding and ferocious defense are just what the Knicks need at the small forward spot. Call it the thugification of the Knicks, if you want to.
- 2007 July 5, Ken Berger, “Why not?”, in Post-Tribune:
- The controversy is useful if only because it illuminates the general thugification of professional sports, which definitely includes the college game.
- 2014 April 2, Bohdan Butkevych, “Pavlo Gudimov: 'A different vision is not a pretext to resort to Russian-like hysteria and absurd politicization of culture'”, in The Ukrainian Week:
- In the future, this should protect us and our society from “thugification”.