Noun
A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDickson (1982), p. 230. The term eventually came to describe "a young male hustler, a gangster, a hoodlum, or a ruffian". Source: Internet
His personal transformation from immoral hoodlum to pious preacher is his preaching trademark. Source: Internet
He is quickly classified as a hoodlum and troublemaker and treated poorly by many around him. Source: Internet
In 1936, the New York City Police Department unsuccessfully attempted to enter the tunnel, in order to look for the body of a hoodlum supposedly buried there. Source: Internet
Nowhere has this progressive logic of the political hoodlum been in greater evidence than in Lebanon in recent decades. Source: Internet
On the first few floors of the building, Tama’s street hoodlum followers (preman) handily dispatch most of the commandos. Source: Internet