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   hoodlum

   /ˈhuːdləm/

   noun

   • 1. a violent criminal or troublemaker; a hooligan or gangster: "they were the ‘professional’ gangsters of New York, hoodlums and racketeers" Similar hooliganthugloutdelinquentvandalruffianrowdytearawaylarrikininformal:toughroughbruiserroughneckyobyobbobovver boylager loutchavhoodiekeelienedroughiehoongangstergang membermobstercriminalgunmanthugracketeerruffianmember of a criminal gangmember of the MafiaMafiosoYardieyakuzainformal:hitmanhatchet manheavygorillahoodgoon

   Word Origin late 19th century: of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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