Sentence examples for thug for from inspiring English sources

In Mr. Wishnia's "Blood Drive," a laid-off construction worker angered by his deteriorating lifestyle becomes a thug for hire.

Wilson, a former Special Forces operative, was minding his own business, working as a wisecracking thug for hire.

A thug for hire, with pumped-up biceps, a gut hanging over his belt, a bristly brown mustache, and an unpleasant face.

The police and the prosecutor had portrayed Cole as a thug; for the first time, Mallin was being given a true characterization.

NOBODY in Hong Kong doubted that Cheung Tze-keung, a gangster known as "Big Spender", was a violent thug, for all his reputation as a charmer.

The plan today is to catch Thug for a few hours before his London debut to get a sense of the man.

Sleeping Dogs doesn't make you feel clever it makes you feel like a thug-for-hire in a city of insane, demanding maniacs; Grand Theft Auto IV is amazing but boy does it want you to do lots of stuff right now, RIGHT NOW! Come on!

The use of thugs-for-hire has some precedent in Hong Kong, especially against those whose views do not align with Beijing.

Police were massed outside the campus, faced by stone-throwing students yelling "Savages, get lost!" The thugs-for-hire of the Basij militia, clad in sleeveless camouflage shirts, had arrived en masse on government-issue scooters.

There's the bad-girl-turns-good Beth Wilder, the gold-hearted thug-for-hire Liam Burke, the finely bearded tech wizard Charlie Wincott, the shady mega-corp head honcho Martin Hatch, and so many more.

Without the need to publish trading activity, exchange rates, and current prices; there would be no need to operate within eyesight of troublesome thugs-for-hire working for the payment and currency cartel looking to shut down a competitor.