hoodlums

Example Sentences

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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

“Twenty years ago the employers had all the hoodlums working for them as strikebreakers,” Hoffa told a reporter in 1959.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2019

But once arrested, they were portrayed by the press as a gang of hoodlums.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2019

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

Pa said she spent too much money on the dresses and scolded her for bringing those teenage hoodlums inside his house.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia