hoodlums

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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

It was all sticks and spears and hoodlums scaling walls, castle-siege style.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2021

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2019

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