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Recent Examples of hooliganism
Kuper suggests that, where English hooliganism represents a grotesque form of nostalgia, postwar Japanese civility is a pose predicated on collective amnesia about wartime atrocities.
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Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
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
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
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Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooliganism
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By summer 2024, Ferro – who had already stolen more than $5 million of bitcoin from a victim in Texas, according to the department – had ingratiated himself with racketeering ring leaders and offered his residential burglary services for future ring operations.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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The other defendant, Kathy Stapp, of Shawnee — the union’s former human resources director-turned International Secretary-Treasurer — pleaded guilty in December 2024 to one count of racketeering conspiracy.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2026
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Plot summary The movie is set in Chicago in the 1930s, a time of economic deprivation and bold gangsterism and outlawry.—
Alison Eldridge,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Feb. 2026
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The agency is on the clock with its investigations, mandated by the state to complete accident investigations within six months, and, sources said, delays affect its ability to assess fines and determine criminality, and may have harmed families ability to receive restitution.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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But the public image was always one of criminality rather than survival.—
Pablo Larios,
Artforum,
6 May 2026
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The committee has established a special investigative subcommittee to examine whether Mills engaged in conduct that could include improper relationships, financial misconduct, or abuse of his official position.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
11 May 2026
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In the months that followed, former students began filing lawsuits alleging abuse and misconduct at the program.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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In the face of shooting and shooting-up deaths, if permanent gates — which are, after all, only a physical manifestation of the existing curfew — will deter mischief and malfeasance post-midnight, then my vote is to lock it up.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
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Our systems have been destroyed slowly for decades because of Republican malfeasance — education, healthcare, the economy, democracy, etc.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Anti-gang units, officials say, form the backbone of the department’s crime fighting efforts in neighborhoods plagued by gang violence.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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But that, again, doesn’t stop the crime.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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Plot summary The movie is set in Chicago in the 1930s, a time of economic deprivation and bold gangsterism and outlawry.—
Alison Eldridge,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Hooliganism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooliganism. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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