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The police also said that administrative proceedings had been initiated for public drunkenness and minor hooliganism.—Reuters, NBC news, 23 Jan. 2026 The film focused on an American who got involved in the brutal world of British football hooliganism.—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026 Transport police took him off the train in Voronezh, where he was detained for petty hooliganism.—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 3 Dec. 2025 Stone Island’s former association with hooliganism may be attractive to some extremists, whose members share the same feelings of pride and connection, explained Miller-Idriss.—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hooliganism