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Noun: hoodlum  hood-lum
  1. An aggressive and violent young criminal
    - hood, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer

Derived forms: hoodlums

Type of: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw

Encyclopedia: Hoodlum

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