hoodlums

Example Sentences

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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

Scorsese has equally vivid memories of his childhood, growing up in Little Italy where his formative influences included his parents, his Catholic priests and the local hoodlums who would inspire films like “Mean Streets.”

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2020

For a while, Oliver is on the run from both cops and hoodlums and goes around with a shaved head and a fake mustache, and it’s pretty funny.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2018

To lock up just those 48 hoodlums and villains costs Bibb County taxpayers roughly $2,400 a day.

From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2017

It both frightened and saddened me to see Link among those hoodlums.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals