noun · rare

hoodlum

hood·lum

hoodlum · hoodlums

злочинець, злочинниця

бандит, хулиган, бандитка, шпана

Ganove, Schläger, Gangster, Bandit

A gangster; a hired thugA gangster; a hired thug.

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/ˈhuːdləm/

» The young man saved the girl from a bunch of hoodlums.

Молодой человек спас девушку от толпы хулиганов.

Meaning

2 senses

A gangster; a hired thug.
Schläger, Ganove, Gangster
банди́тbandít, банди́ткаbandítka
A rough or violent youth.
Ganove, Halbstarker, Rowdy
хулига́нxuligán, го́пникgópnik, буя́нbuján
an aggressive and violent young criminal

Examples

4 sentences

The young man saved the girl from a bunch of hoodlums.
ruМолодой человек спас девушку от толпы хулиганов.
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This vending machine was destroyed by hoodlums last night.
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I was beaten up by a gang of hoodlums on the way home from work.
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I didn't want to add this hoodlum as a friend on Twitter.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

a gangster; a hired thug:

a rough or violent youth:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

a gangster; a hired thug:

a rough or violent youth:

Origin

First attested in a December 1866 Daily Alta California article, which mentions "the 'Hood

First attested in a December 1866 Daily Alta California article, which mentions "the 'Hoodlum Gang' of juvenile thieves". Several possible origins have been proposed. It may derive from a Germanic word like Swabian hudelum (“disorderly”) or Bavarian Haderlump (“ragamuffin”).

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