- plural of hoodlum.
hoodlums
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The authorities say the curfew is necessary because "hoodlums" have hijacked the protests in order to loot and vandalise properties.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024
As with the original, this new version approaches the outlaw life from the perspective of the filthy rich bosses, trying to manage a business staffed by unreliable hoodlums.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
Seymour Cassel, an Oscar-nominated character actor who played raconteurs, street toughs and cha-cha-dancing hoodlums and who frequently collaborated with independent filmmakers John Cassavetes and Wes Anderson, died April 7 at a hospital in Los Angeles.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2019
To lock up just those 48 hoodlums and villains costs Bibb County taxpayers roughly $2,400 a day.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2017
A pair of tsotsis, street hoodlums, listened politely.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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