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Word: thug (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Referring to the man he killed (Schmidt, a Swiss), Bergdoll said: " He was a juicy thug the American Legion hired in Paris under Lieutenant Griffith. ... He was promised $1,000 to get me dead or alive. Americans don't dare try these jobs themselves. They get the worst thugs in Europe. I could have got out of the war by paying $15,000. Why don't they allow me to return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Bergdoll | 8/20/1923 | See Source »

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