hoodlum

Example Sentences

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In your film, a teacher once said that James would be either a hoodlum or a great entertainer.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2021

"He’s got an edge to him. He looks like a choir boy, but he plays like … a hoodlum," Van Gundy said.

From Fox News • Jul. 8, 2021

And, pay careful attention to a rare appearance by legendary Stooge Shemp Howard as baby-renting hoodlum Wacky and the famed dance team Rene and Estela performing the rhumba.

From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2021

A brave federal agent poses as a thug to infiltrate psychopathic hoodlum Cody Jarrett’s gang of thieves.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2019

I’m a hoodlum from a bunch of nothing.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas