Entry Word: hoodlum

Function: noun

Meaning: a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang <a couple of hoodlums held up the convenience store>

Synonyms bully, gangster, goon, homeboy, hood, mobster, mug, punk, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, thug, tough, toughie

Related Words cutthroat, scoundrel, villain; assassin, bandit, bravo, brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, felon, gunman, highwayman, lawbreaker, mafioso, outlaw, perpetrator, pickpocket, racketeer, robber, swindler, thief