thuggery vs criminal offense

thuggery and criminal offense both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thuggery	Yes	No	No	No
criminal offense	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, criminal offense is a hypernym of thuggery; that is, criminal offense is a word with a broader meaning than thuggery:

thuggery: violent or brutal acts as of thugs
criminal offense: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

Other hypernyms of thuggery include crime, criminal offence, law-breaking.

thuggery (noun)	criminal offense (noun)
violent or brutal acts as of thugs	(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act