I would keep your armed thugs close by, but don't make it look so obvious.
The police chief cannot remember the last time armed thugs took over one of the discotheques for a party.
He was yanked out of his car by an armed thug.
If she'd been dealing with an armed thug, I think she would have been fine.
Any moment now armed thugs would be coming out of the room.
A dozen armed thugs were creeping across an open space.
He said many tourists took shelter here - along with perhaps 100 armed thugs.
So we must carry the air war much further, especially against his armed thugs on the ground in Kosovo.
She had been watching a video of a student being killed by armed thugs.
Last Sunday, a group of armed thugs entered the camp and systematically killed the inhabitants.