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Violent person (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thug

(Other definitions for thug that I've seen before include "Indian strangler - criminal" , "Burrowing crustacean" , "Gorilla" , "Heavy" , "brute" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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