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Acolytes of Thuggee were a cult of robbers and murderers in 19th-century India who were offering their victims to Kali, the goddess of death and destruction. They had a habit of first tricking and then strangling their victims. (COMIC: The Swords of Kali)
Behind the scene
The word "thug" goes back to Thuggee of India.