1.   The war had turned Cassidy into a violent thug.

2.   Clean-cut, good-guy Ben as a convict who grapples with violent thugs upon his release from prison?

3.   Law enforcement officials are becoming concerned that con men, swindlers and even violent thugs are turning to what they see as easy pickings in the stock market.

4.   The government claims that people housed at the Amani Trust are not victims, but violent political thugs.