hooliganism

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Recent Examples of hooliganism 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 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
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Noun
  • The alleged ringleader of the scam, Kira Milany Romero Pinto, 40, of Lake Elmo, is now facing a felony racketeering charge and 11 felony counts of theft by swindle in Washington County District Court.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
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    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The customers that applied to make the switch to Trident are a collection of the rich, the powerful and, in some cases, those accused of criminality.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • If there is criminality, those people responsible will pay a steep price!
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Former Ray County Sheriff Scott Childers, whose tenure was dogged by a maelstrom of misconduct allegations that led to his resignation, appeared in federal court in downtown Kansas City on civil rights violation charges on Wednesday.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Greenfield Police Chief Jay Johnson faces a felony misconduct charge for allegedly using a police camera at his private residence.
    Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Although Lehrer has not been accused of any malfeasance regarding the program, his original lawyer, Lennox Lawrence, was previously attorney general of Dominica.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
  • This tragedy was totally preventable and would have never happened without Biden’s malfeasance.
    Jasmine Baehr , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The crimes with which she has been charged are trumped up and her arrest is a cynical ploy by the junta headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to cling onto power.
    Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Rafael is a crime and breaking news reporter at the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025

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