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The phrase "a hoodlum" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a person who engages in criminal or unruly behavior, often associated with youth or gang culture.
Example: "The neighborhood was plagued by a group of hoodlums causing trouble at night."
Alternatives: "a delinquent" or "a thug".
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So what is a hoodlum, exactly?
As the old saying goes, a hoodlum prepared to kill is no match for a hoodlum prepared to be sardonic.
Jurors heard a recording of Mr. Basciano, 51, boasting: "I'm a hoodlum, I'm a tough guy.
D'Avanzo was a hoodlum with Mob connections, and his establishment was a front for various rackets.
"Just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum".
In this 1988 novel, her nephew, Kauko Nyyssonen, a hoodlum, comes to take her pension money.
Mr. DiCaprio plays Amsterdam Vallon, a hoodlum in mid-19th-century New York.
Villar's Spanish committee banned Pepe in 2009 after he behaved like a hoodlum during a match against Getafe.
They are abetted by a sympathetic F.B.I. agent (Téa Leoni) and coached by Slide, a hoodlum played by Mr. Murphy.
This guy was a hoodlum and he got gunned down on the street.
Was it the night a hoodlum ("un voyou") threatened him with a look?
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