ETYM Colloq. U.S.
A vandal; a lawless youth; a person who bullies others, or who commits petty crimes.

A young lawbreaker, guilty of disturbing the peace or of participating in mob violence.

ETYM Hind. thag a deceiver, robber.
One of an association of robbers and murderers; a criminal.
Originally a member of a Hindu sect who strangled travelers as sacrifices to Kali, the goddess of destruction. The sect was suppressed about 1830.