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Definitions of hoodlum in various dictionaries:
noun - an aggressive and violent young criminal
A gangster; a thug.
A tough, often aggressive or violent young man.
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| a person who engages in crime and violence a hooligan or gangster. |
| an aggressive and violent young criminal |
| A person who engages in crime and violence a hooligan or gangster. |
| A gangster a thug. |
| A tough, often aggressive or violent youth. |
| a violent person, especially one who is member of a group of criminals |
| a criminal, esp. one who is a member of a group: |
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A hoodlum is a thug, usually in a group of misfits who are associated with crime or theft. The earliest reference to the word hoodlum was in the December 14, 1866 San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, after the Hoodlum Band was arrested on December 13, 1866. Members of the gang were sentenced to the Industrial School for stealing clothes. The gang used many keys to enter hotel rooms and boarding houses. On December 14, 1866, Lazarus Moses was arrested for selling clothes stolen by the Hoodlum Band. Mr. Moses was fined $300. Mr. Moses' nickname was Fagin. The public read about the acts of the Hoodlum Band, and the word hoodlum became a synonym for a young thug. * An article in the New York Times of July 26, 1877 included this: " People who sack Chinese houses and stone Chinamen are not workingmen. San Francisco calls them hoodlums, a term which includes everything that is base and mean. The hoodlum is a non-producer, loafer and bully. The hoodlum class think this is a good time to signify |
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| APE |
| attitude (across) |
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| DURABLE |
| ENFORCER |