Hoodlum: alternatives and connections

A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.

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Guilty of crime or sin.

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A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.

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A person who has committed a felony.

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An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.

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A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.

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State; condition.

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Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood.

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One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearl…

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Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of an…

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