as in tough
a young person who has committed a crime
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Williams is already Beale Street jerky tough and looks like a plug-and-play 3-and-D wing.—
Kelly Iko,
The Athletic,
11 Apr. 2024 -
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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Armed with his signature mop, the unlikely hero battles freaks, gangsters and corrupt CEOs while trying to save his relationship with his son.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
31 Jan. 2025
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His involvement with Max (Laura Haddock) thrusts him on an international journey that puts him at odds with both Russian gangsters and his own colleagues in intelligence.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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This is pure corruption, and more proof Trump's the laziest mobster on the planet.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Focused on a mobster and his vast web of family and friends, much of the film was shot in Astoria, Queens.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
25 Jan. 2025
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There are numerous instances of anxiety-prone chimps and gorillas repeatedly redigesting their food and eating their own feces.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2025
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Unlike the chimpanzees and gorillas passively consuming different medicinal plants, this is the first time any animal has been seen treating a wound directly with healing plants.—
Ryan McRae,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Dec. 2024
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Friends and neighbors worried that these rumors could attract dangerous young ruffians who might harm them and steal the money.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
15 Dec. 2024
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Troy Stecher is a puck-mover with some two-way ability but is not considered a ruffian in the corners and in front of the net.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
9 Aug. 2024
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Although the new government seems willing to listen to Alawite concerns, there’s a lingering resentment, with many pointing to the community’s complicity in torture and war crimes — whether in the security services or gangs of thugs known as the shabiha — over the 14 years of the conflict.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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There was a time, not long ago, when men who lifted weights for fun were seen as either thugs or narcissists.—
Danielle Friedman,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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However, their dreams are threatened by the hoodlums in the Riverbottom Gang.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
30 Nov. 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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This year’s lineup includes headliners the Bouncing Souls, one of New Jersey’s chief punk exports, high-energy British singer-songwriter Frank Turner, and the host himself, backed by his band the Mermaid.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025
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By default, its attentions drift toward the accoutrements of a semi-imaginary, quasi-boho/punk lifestyle, with everybody living in quirky cool pads and wearing quirky cool clothes.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Juvenile delinquent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juvenile%20delinquent. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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