hoodlum

Example Sentences

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“These are the actions of opportunistic hoodlums who don’t care about the immigrants,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

The authorities say the curfew is necessary because "hoodlums" have hijacked the protests in order to loot and vandalise properties.

From BBC

She told them, “You rotten hoodlums! What are you doing in this town?” she recalled in an oral history interview.

From New York Times

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

“We were hoodlums in a sense, out of our circumstances,” he said during an interview at his Berkeley co-op in May.

From Los Angeles Times