goondagiri

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi गुंडागिरी (guṇḍāgirī), from गुंडा (guṇḍā, “hoodlum, hooligan”) + -गिरी (-girī, “suffix meaning ‘the act of; doing’”).

Noun

goondagiri (uncountable)

1. (India) Thuggery, goondaism.
   • 2018 March 2, PTI, “BJP in Karnataka launches march to 'protect Bengaluru', says people want Modigiri and not goondagiri'”, in Firstpost‎^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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.