I'm going with Michael Smolensky's answer, since I heard that phrase from a brash loudmouth of an investment banker to mean in [greater] detail.. (Printers like me, who are the lowest form of animal life to bankers, wondered if the 'granular' meant wheat, bran, rye or just plain chaff...)
Definitions for thugging. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word thugging. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: thugging(Noun) thuggery; the behaviour of a thug.
The leader of a Thugee gang was known as a jemadar. The garrote is often depicted as a weapon of the Thuggee. It is sometimes described as a rumÄl (head covering or kerchief), translated as yellow scarf; yellow, in this case, may refer to a natural cream or khaki colour rather than bright yellow.