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hood·lum  (hdlm, hd-)

n.

1. A gangster; a thug.

2. A tough, often aggressive or violent youth.

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hoodlum·ism n.

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hoodlum [ˈhuːdləm]

n

1. a petty gangster or ruffian

2. a lawless youth

[perhaps from Southern German dialect Haderlump ragged good-for-nothing]

hoodlumism  n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hoodlum - an aggressive and violent young criminal hood, punk, strong-armer, thug, toughie, goon, tough bully - a hired thug criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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hoodlum

noun (Informal) thug, hooligan, ruffian, vandal, delinquent, rowdy, lout, tearaway, hoon (Austral. & N.Z.), bruiser (informal), boot boy, yob or yobbo (Brit. informal) Caruso is a small-time hoodlum attempting to go straight.

Translations

hoodlum [ˈhuːdləm] N → matón/ona m/f, gorila m

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hoodlum [ˈhuːdləm] n → truand m

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hoodlum

n → Rowdy m; (= member of gang) → Ganove m (inf), → Gangster m (inf); you young hoodlum → du Rowdy, du Rüpel

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hoodlum [ˈhuːdləm] n → teppista m/f

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hoodlum [ˈhuːdləm] n → teppista m/f

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hoodlum

n hoodlum [ˈhuːdləm]

1 a destructive person. bullebak شَخص مُحِب للتدمير хулиган ničema, chuligán bølle der Strolch κακοποιός maleante huligaan لوطي محله gangsteri voyou פִּרחָח गुण्डा nasilnik, huligan gengszter penjahat skemmdarvargur teppista 不良 깡패 chuliganas bandīts samseng vandalist bølle, ramp chuligan arruaceiro huligan хулиган chuligán razbijač siledžija ligist, buse นักเลง serseri, külhanbeyi 惡棍 хуліган اٹھائی گیر lưu manh 恶棍

2 (especially American) a criminal. skurk مُجْرِم престъпник gangster gangster der Ganove εγκληματίας matón kurjategija اوباش rikollinen gangster פּוֹשֵע अपराधी svaki kriminalac gengszter gangster glæpamaður malvivente やくざ 폭력 행위 nusikaltėlis gangsteris penjenayah misdadiger forbryter, gangster opryszek criminoso gangster бандит gangster zločinec kriminalac bov, förbrytare นักเลง katil (尤在美國)罪犯 бандит مجرم côn đồ 强盗