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Hoodlum
//ˈhuːdləm//
Synonyms for "hoodlum" (257 found)
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Strong matches (77)
Noun(28 words)
Related words (128)
Noun(50 words)
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Translations
55 translations across 19 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- rampokker noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
Bulgarian
2 entries- га́нгстер noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- хулига́н noun (a rough or violent youth)
Cebuano
1 entries- bugoy noun (a rough or violent youth)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 歹徒 noun (a rough or violent youth)
- 流氓 noun (a rough or violent youth)
- 阿飛 /阿飞 noun (a rough or violent youth)
Czech
4 entries- gangster noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- gauner noun (a rough or violent youth)
- grázl noun (a rough or violent youth)
- kriminálník noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
Finnish
2 entries- gangsteri noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- hulttio noun (a rough or violent youth)
French
2 entries- bandit noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- voyou noun (a rough or violent youth)
German
4 entries- Bandit noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- Gangster noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- Ganove noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- Ganove noun (a rough or violent youth)
Hindi
1 entries- गुंडा noun (a rough or violent youth)
Japanese
2 entries- チンピラ noun (a rough or violent youth)
- 与太者 noun (a rough or violent youth)
Khmer
1 entries- យូកូង noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
Latin
2 entries- grassātor noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- grassātor noun (a rough or violent youth)
Macedonian
3 entries- банди́т noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- банди́тка noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- хулига́н noun (a rough or violent youth)
Occitan
3 entries- gusàs noun (a rough or violent youth)
- malfaràs noun (a rough or violent youth)
- sacamand noun (a rough or violent youth)
Polish
2 entries- bandyta noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- gangster noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
Portuguese
2 entries- jagunço noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- marginal noun (a rough or violent youth)
Russian
4 entries- банди́т noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- банди́тка noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- буя́н noun (a rough or violent youth)
- го́пник noun (a rough or violent youth)
Sotho
1 entries- tsotsi noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
Spanish
4 entries- bandido noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- de gueto noun (a rough or violent youth)
- matón noun (a gangster; a hired thug)
- matón noun (a rough or violent youth)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
There is no question the MS-13 gang must be stopped. It is a vile organization of hoodlums with no regard for life.
Source: wiktionary
In Sam Mendes's excellent gangster movie Road to Perdition (2002), he tested the boundaries further playing a hitman – but while we know he's a killer, we never really see him go full-pelt hoodlum.
Source: wiktionary
Caesar Enrico “Rico” Bandello is a hoodlum who rises swiftly in Chicago’s mob world, in the 1931 film “Little Caesar.” Played by Edward G. Robinson, Rico is tracked down by police and shot.
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