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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tearaways
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The actions of these thugs, who should be imprisoned for a long while, is the cause of denying real Knicks fans the chance to watch the game communally.
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People have committed suicide because a bunch of thugs went after them.
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In the past decade, the leadership of the Kinahan organization has become rich and cosmopolitan, and their life styles have started to resemble those of international businessmen more than of street hoodlums.
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The first pictures McCullin took were of hoodlums and down-and-outs, subjects that reflected his own hardscrabble background.
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The actions of hooligans following the Knicks championship is inexcusable.
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Not only were hooligans running riot every week, but the grounds weren’t fit for purpose, and attendances were locked into a sustained nosedive.
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In that version, the character is played by Joe Don Baker, the great character actor known for playing toughs in films like Walking Tall (1973) and Fletch (1985).
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So, while Rue and Maddy are confabbing over milkshakes in a diner, Alamo sends Rue off for a drive with his two toughs, G (Marshawn Lynch) and the icy Bishop (Darrell Britt-Gibson).
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People don’t think of themselves as Jewish punks at this time.
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Theater is not for punks, okay?
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The 16 reputed gangsters or aspiring gangsters charged in the indictment range in age from 19 to 24.
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Neither immigrant family should be linked to violent gangsters, of course.
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The series has lent a cinematic gangster attraction to the Peaky Blinders, yet the term itself was not one gang — as depicted in the show — but a generic expression from the late 19th century for the ‘street ruffians’ of Birmingham, born out of the city’s ring of poverty.
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In fact, the GTW ruffians have to give the Big Honey some props for his relative restraint in the heat of the moment.
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Including some rather nasty, big corpo bullies who enlist specialist teams to hunt down clues, and other players, too.
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Multiple hospital stays became fodder for school bullies, who also ridiculed his size.
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