juvenile delinquent

noun

Definition of juvenile delinquentnext
as in tough
a young person who has committed a crime

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  1. tough
  2. gangster
  3. mobster
  4. gorilla
  5. ruffian
  6. thug
  7. hoodlum
  8. rowdy
Noun
  • 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
  • Standout features: Extension for high ceilings, foldable, lightweight Have high ceilings and other tough to reach spaces?
    Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2024
Definition of tough
Noun
  • Many Japanese action films are too much about fantasy, either Yakuza [gangsters] or serial killers.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Liam Neeson, in perhaps his final appearance in an action film, portrays a gangster trying to make amends.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of gangster
Noun
  • Then, there was Tommy Heffernan’s Body Buddies, a dark comedy where a wedding photographer and a mobster keep a body hidden in the middle of an engagement shoot.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Another tweet depicted John Wick, Keanu Reeves' fictional movie character who goes on a killing spree after his beloved dog is killed by a mobster, and warned that denizens of the web may react similarly.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of mobster
Noun
  • But, while adults are gorilla trekking, the lodge will provide childcare services (on a complimentary basis).
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
  • There are others too: gorilla, aardvark, Himalayan blue sheep, the Giant Japanese Salamander and the Asian small-clawed otter, to name a few.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of gorilla
Noun
  • Then again, the fight scene did that on its own, sounding more refined than ruffian.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
  • 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
Definition of ruffian
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of thug
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of hoodlum
Noun
  • 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
  • Anna Kendrick, Michelle Yeoh, and Denzel Washington all got the same rowdy yet amiable energy.
    Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 July 2022
Definition of rowdy
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