Hoodlum

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A gangster; a thug.
  • n. A tough, often aggressive or violent youth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a gangster; a hired thug
  • n. a rough or violent youth
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow; colloquially, called also hood.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A young hectoring street rowdy; one of a gang of ruffians; a lounging, good-for-nothing, quarrelsome fellow; a rough.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an aggressive and violent young criminal
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    crook    criminal    felon    malefactor    outlaw   
    Variant
    hood   
    Hyponym
    bully   
    Form
    hood   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rowdy    criminal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    chiseler    hustler    mobster    thug    housebreaker    mugger    racketeer    ne'er-do-well    shyster    pimp