hooliganism

noun

hoo·​li·​gan·​ism ˈhü-li-gə-ˌni-zəm How to pronounce hooliganism (audio)
: rowdy, violent, or destructive behavior

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In 2011, he was fined and banned from Romanian stadiums for six months after being accused of hooliganism and racist chants during a soccer match between Romania and Bosnia. Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 16 May 2025 Mercifully — and unlike the two terraces behind each goal at Valley Parade in an era when hooliganism was rife in English football — there was no security fence to keep fans penned in. Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 May 2025 An officer with the UK’s Metropolitan police force has been sacked for football hooliganism and given a three-year ban from matches. Phil Hay, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025 Americans Still In Russian Custody Joseph Tater Joseph Tater was arrested in August 2024 and sentenced to 15 days in prison for petty hooliganism. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hooliganism

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hooliganism was in 1898

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“Hooliganism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hooliganism. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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