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How to pronounce hoodlum in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms goon, hood, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie
Type of criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw
Has types bully

Examples of hoodlum

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A New York hoodlum leads the district attorney to a volatile, grinning gangster.
From the post-gazette.com
The grey treepie, a corvid, was a late riser, but hoodlum gangs soon made up for it.
From the economist.com
The magazine also said that he had been excessively chummy with a jailed Mafia hoodlum.
From the time.com
Mary's rudimentary slicing begins on a hoodlum and a woman who wants to resemble a doll.
From the independent.co.uk
The humiliated hoodlum chose to flee the scene rather than ask for a quick driving lesson.
From the smh.com.au
It sounded like a teenage hoodlum trying to look respectable for his girlfriend's folks.
From the guardian.co.uk
Sterling Hayden plays one of the recruits, a hoodlum with dreams of running a horse farm.
From the dispatch.com
One night the famous hoodlum declared that he was going to get Broderick.
From the time.com
They were hoodlum kids who were probably sent out to beg, and I looked like an easy target.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • Hood: an aggressive and violent young criminal
  • Hoodlum is a 1997 crime film that gives a fictionalized account of the gang war between the Italian/Jewish mafia alliance and the black gangsters of Harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s. ...
  • "Hoodlum" was a 1997 single by Mobb Deep. The song also features Big Noyd and Rakim. It was featured on the Hoodlum soundtrack.
  • Hoodlum is the soundtrack to the 1997 crime film, Hoodlum. It was released on August 12, 1997 through Interscope Records and consisted of a blend of hip hop and R&B music. ...
  • The Hoodlum is a 1951 American film directed by Max Nosseck.
  • A gangster; a hired thug; a rough or violent youth
  • A hoodlum is a person who, with total disregard for moral principles, laws, and the rights of others, attempts to deprive another person of his property, time, money, or health by force or threat of violence. Hoodlums generally carry weapons to ensure that they will be able to threaten others. ...
  • A criminal or gangster.