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thugocracy

/θʌɡˈɑkɹəsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thugoc-ra-cy
IPA
/θʌɡˈɑkɹəsi/
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Government by a group of thugs.

Slang

Etymology

From thug + -o- + -cracy, as in democracy.

Usage

Inflected Forms

thugocracies (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce thugocracy?
The recorded pronunciation is /θʌɡˈɑkɹəsi/.
What does thugocracy mean?
Government by a group of thugs.
Where does thugocracy come from?
From thug + -o- + -cracy, as in democracy.

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