- plural of hoodlum.
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
These coyotes are roving the streets in packs, like unrepentant hoodlums looking for a mark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2022
The film’s high-water mark, shot with a spellbinding fluidity in a housing project, witnesses Yen’s balletic body jumping, swinging and careening through an entire neighborhood of hoodlums.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
It was all sticks and spears and hoodlums scaling walls, castle-siege style.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2021
Now the hoodlums were mounting a last-ditch effort to get us out of school before May 29.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
