as in tough
a young person who has committed a crime
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When a set of tortuous toughs relocate to the neighborhood, his temperament shifts and the scenes increasingly unravel the inner workings of his shaken psyche.Holly Jones, Variety, 23 Sep. 2024
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Standout features: Extension for high ceilings, foldable, lightweight Have high ceilings and other tough to reach spaces?Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2024
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The crime thriller, distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films, follows Neeson as an aging gangster who attempts to reconnect with his children and rectify his past mistakes.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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Not knowing my brother just got killed in April, not knowing Sly is one of the biggest gangsters of all time.Angel Diaz, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
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The luxurious desert oasis was reportedly built by mobsters and offers an adults-only policy, which is a true escape for parents needing a breather.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
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The Penguin, which brings back Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb from that first movie, is similarly a Scarface story about a low-level gangster who takes advantage of a power vacuum in the criminal underworld after the Riddler offed his boss, mobster Carmine Falcone (John Turturro).Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
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The reserve’s common spaces are just as gorgeous as the private residences and are ideal for regaling your fellow travelers with your daily gorilla stories.Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
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Moroccan was later seen wearing a full gorilla suit as the family walked around together.Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Then again, the fight scene did that on its own, sounding more refined than ruffian.Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
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Despite their reputation as ruffians from the sticks, RSF troops are battle tested, disciplined, and armed to the teeth.Alex de Waal, Foreign Affairs, 27 Apr. 2023
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The climax, in which Dwight and his crew beat a group of nameless Chinese immigrant thugs into submission after they’re used as cannon fodder by Cal Thresher to sabotage Dwight’s wind turbines, is more important to the plot and even uglier.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
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Like other Diablo games, Hades would support cooperative multiplayer, but in the Arkham games, groups of thugs would circle around the Dark Knight, comic-book style, waiting to be punched in the face.Jason Schreier, WIRED, 8 Oct. 2024
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While Muhammad Ali made his professional boxing comeback with a win against Jerry Quarry at Atlanta’s Municipal Auditorium on October 26, 1970, a group of hoodlums robbed the Black Mafia of more than $1 million in cash and jewelry at a nearby after-party.Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
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The Chicago Crime Commission’s president was outraged when an Indiana prosecutor posed for a newspaper photographer with his arm around Dillinger earlier in 1934 while the hoodlum awaited trial for killing a police officer during a bank robbery.Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2024
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The Horned Frogs have more talent and experience than the Buffaloes but will have to battle the heightened elevation and the rowdy, Colorado home-field advantage.Dallas News, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2022
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Anna Kendrick, Michelle Yeoh, and Denzel Washington all got the same rowdy yet amiable energy.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 July 2022
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“Juvenile delinquent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juvenile%20delinquent. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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