thuggish

Reader's Digest 11月号の記事 "Who They Really Are" で米国大統領候補のトランプとヒラリーについて、二人がどのような人物かの特集がありました。まずはトランプについてのコメントです。
In New York, Andrew Sullivan wrote: Those who believe that Trump's ugly, thuggish populism has no chance of ever making it to the White House seem to me to be missing this dynamic.
"thug" は確か悪党と覚えていますが、どうでしょうか？
・Collins Dictionary: If you describe a person or their behaviour as thuggish, you mean they behave in a violent, rough, or threatening way.: The owner of the stall, a large, thuggish man, grabbed Dai by the collar.
・Dictionary.com: Of or pertaining to thuggery. Their thuggish manner made continuing negotiations very difficult.