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Recent Examples of hooliganism
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.
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Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Since 1985, drinking alcohol in view of the pitch has been banned in men’s professional football in England and Wales, a relic of moral panic amid rampant hooliganism.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
With hooliganism rife in English soccer throughout the 1980s and the events of Heysel still fresh in the memory, there were immediate attempts to assign blame on the Liverpool fans and defend policing at the match.
—Steve Douglas, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
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
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Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Since 1985, drinking alcohol in view of the pitch has been banned in men’s professional football in England and Wales, a relic of moral panic amid rampant hooliganism.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
With hooliganism rife in English soccer throughout the 1980s and the events of Heysel still fresh in the memory, there were immediate attempts to assign blame on the Liverpool fans and defend policing at the match.
—Steve Douglas, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooliganism
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Mearan had denied trafficking allegations Mearan faced 18 charges spanning human trafficking, racketeering and compelling and promoting prostitution.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Feb. 2026
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Doe’s legal team is approaching the group as a business enterprise and pursuing racketeering and RICO claims, among the case’s 21 counts.—
Jane Borden,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026
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Brain imaging studies of criminality going back to 2009 have suggested that damage to a swath of white matter called the right uncinate fasciculus is somehow involved when people commit violent acts.—
Christopher M. Filley,
The Conversation,
3 Feb. 2026
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The government, along with much of purple and red America, pound the message that ICE in Minnesota is all about state corruption and criminality.—
Ed Bok Lee,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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British police raided two properties linked to Mandelson on Friday as part of an investigation into misconduct in public office.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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The Proctor case could prove a test of Hochman’s commitment to prosecuting police misconduct cases.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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To do otherwise would have been malpractice and malfeasance.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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To guard against runners and other forms of malfeasance, Manteris maintained a cutting-edge surveillance system.—
Dan Piepenbring,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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Police officials at a news conference said the officers had collected personal and private information unlawfully and distributed it to organized crime figures, in some cases for bribes, and that mobsters then carried out shootings and other violent crimes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Last week, the topic took center stage again when Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, posted a video accusing Armenian crime groups of carrying out widespread hospice fraud in Los Angeles.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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