as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
when a gang of hoods started hanging out in front of the store, customers went elsewhere
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as in cloak
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
counterfeiters conducting their affairs under a hood of secrecy
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Recent Examples of hood
David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Mazda’s Kodo design language, which has definitely served the brand well, is served up here with a long hood, flowing hips, and taut surfaces.
—New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2026
Its displays included a Ku Klux Klan hood.
—Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 7 Feb. 2026
In another video, taken in Forest Lake, Minnesota, agents confront a man and ask for his citizenship status, with one holding up his phone and telling the man to remove his hood.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
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There are two cantilevered fireplaces with copper hoods.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Mazda’s Kodo design language, which has definitely served the brand well, is served up here with a long hood, flowing hips, and taut surfaces.
—New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2026
Its displays included a Ku Klux Klan hood.
—Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 7 Feb. 2026
In another video, taken in Forest Lake, Minnesota, agents confront a man and ask for his citizenship status, with one holding up his phone and telling the man to remove his hood.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Hood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hood. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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