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Meanings of hoodlum in anglès

portuguès
malfeitor

An aggressive and violent young criminal.

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      Usage of hoodlum in anglès
      1
      Korshak had numerous associations that gave him purchase with Chicago's hoodlum crowd.
      The outfit: the role of chicago's underworld in the shaping of m...
      2
      He had been a hoodlum there, and had helped to hang Chinese.
      White Shadows in the South Seas
      3
      He's a young hoodlum who makes it big and then he's erased.
      The Irish Times
      4
      Whereupon seven hoodlum students waited a decent moment, then shrieked with laughter.
      Active Service
      5
      Billy was a mucker, a hoodlum, a gangster, a thug, a tough.
      The Mucker
      6
      We've got more important things on our minds than that stupid hoodlum.
      Nothing in her way
      7
      The heroine's best pal is in an abusive relationship with a prime hoodlum.
      The Irish Times
      8
      Letting his daughter anywhere near that young hoodlum was the last thing J.D.
      Don't cry
      9
      Allegations also have been received concerning hoodlum connections of Senator Kennedy.
      The sinatra files: the secret fbi dossier
      10
      Sinatra talked the hoodlum talk, but was he walking the walk?
      The sinatra files: the secret fbi dossier
      11
      He had caught this little hoodlum satellite of thieves in an ugly lie.
      Pee-wee Harris on the Trail
      12
      He was just a Tenderloin hoodlum with some of the scum scraped off.
      Vigorish
      13
      Before the hoodlum could retaliate Batou put two bullets in him.
      Ghost in the Shell
      14
      One brutal squeeze, one strangled cry, and the hoodlum dropped dead.
      The Dragon King’s Palace
      15
      The man Stedman and Purcell killed was just another vicious hoodlum.
      Man on the run
      16
      Grabbing the nearest hoodlum, he flung his strong arm across the man's throat.
      The Dragon King’s Palace
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