hoodlums
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 ● Jun. 10, 2025
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
Northern Ireland Minister Conor Burns described those involved in the singing as "mindless hoodlums" and called for the police to investigate the matter.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2022
It was all sticks and spears and hoodlums scaling walls, castle-siege style.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2021
Eleanor, who was afraid of strange dogs and jeering women and young hoodlums, went quickly into the diner, clutching her pocketbook and her car keys.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
