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cutthroat

mastery

/ˈkʌtθɹoʊt/nounadj

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What does 'cutthroats' mean in this sentence?

The jail had not housed a white criminal in over four years, and there is seldom a prisoner of any kind, the Sheriff being a lazy no-good, prone to take his ease with a bottle of liquor, and let trouble-makers and thieves, even the most dangerous type of cutthroats, run free and wild.