hooligan

Example Sentences

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One snapped, “I’m from the old hooligan days — we don’t talk to journalists.”

From Washington Post

Instead, those accounts depicted a race-less and colorless horde of angry political hooligans attempting to overthrow American democracy.

From Salon

The people who have been convicted were rioters, insurrectionists, participants in a mob, trespassers, brawlers, hooligans, assailants.

From Washington Post

In Novi Sad, soccer hooligans hurled rocks and bottles at the protesters, who responded by chasing them down.

From Seattle Times

The heirs of Italian fashion house Gucci have criticised a new film for allegedly depicting members of the family as "hooligans".

From BBC