hoodlums
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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
But once arrested, they were portrayed by the press as a gang of hoodlums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2019
Seymour Cassel, an Oscar-nominated character actor who played raconteurs, street toughs and cha-cha-dancing hoodlums and who frequently collaborated with independent filmmakers John Cassavetes and Wes Anderson, died April 7 at a hospital in Los Angeles.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2019
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
