Would a thug get such justice? (5)
I believe the answer is:
rough
'would' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rough that I've seen before include "Hard - coarse - inexact" , "Rowdy - part of golf course" , "that driver tries to avoid" , "Rasping" , "Not level or smooth, like part of golf course" .)