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Recent Examples of hooliganism
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.
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Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 16 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
He had been previously arrested in November 2021 on charges of hooliganism and arrested for 10 days.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 16 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
He had been previously arrested in November 2021 on charges of hooliganism and arrested for 10 days.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooliganism
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Steel gained national attention as lead counsel in the YSL racketeering trial, which spanned more than 22 months and involved 28 defendants.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The prosecution alleged that Combs had conspired with others to commit racketeering.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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Rank, whose company recently remade Ingmar Bergsson classic film Faithless as a European TV series, praised Adolescence for matching up the genre beats of a crime story with the higher concepts around criminality, toxic masculinity and family, and the one-shot filming techniques.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 Oct. 2025
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The first is to expose Hamas’s criminality and the futility of its terror, which has led to the annihilation of Gaza.—
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib,
The Atlantic,
23 Sep. 2025
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In the podcast, Holt interviewed Nikki's maternal grandfather, who revealed claims of judicial misconduct involving the Anderson County judge who presided over Roberson's trial.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
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Andra Day has accused her former manager of financial misconduct in a new lawsuit.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Along with his plays, Graham also created the BBC series Sherwood, which finished its second season last year and uses the dependable Brit mystery format to look at the larger issues of post-industrial suffering and government malfeasance that plague his hometown and so many others.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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His dereliction of duty could be considered malfeasance and disqualification from running.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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Rafael is a crime and breaking news reporter at the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Democrat has touted his accomplishments as a redo of zoning laws to allow for more building, reduced violent crime, and a tripling of affordable housing.—
Staff,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Hooliganism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooliganism. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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