goondagiri
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi गुंडागिरी (guṇḍāgirī), from गुंडा (guṇḍā, “hoodlum, hooligan”) + -गिरी (-girī, “suffix meaning ‘the act of; doing’”).
Noun
goondagiri (uncountable)
- (India) Thuggery, goondaism.
- 2018 March 2, PTI, “BJP in Karnataka launches march to 'protect Bengaluru', says people want Modigiri and not goondagiri'”, in Firstpost:
- Kumar said the party launched the yatra to say that what Bengaluru wants is "Modigiri and not goondagiri."
- 2020 September 10, Sweta Kaushal, “Piyush Mishra on nepotism in Bollywood: ‘No Kapoor or Khan family came in my way, but dadagiri does exist’”, in Hindustan Times:
- JL50’s Professor Mitra aka Piyush Mishra says he has never been adversely affected due to nepotism but there is an element of ‘goondagiri’ in the industry.
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