yobs

plural of yob, British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for yobs
Noun
  • Their neighbor, an older Jewish woman, gets arrested and Nazi thugs brazenly loot her apartment.
    Rabih Alameddine September 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • As night falls, armed thugs roam the streets and families pick up guns to protect themselves.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On Tuesday, a total of 300 federal agents stormed a South Side apartment building that Department of Homeland Security officials say harbored criminals.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Columns speculated endlessly about the men in Mary’s life, her engagement to Daniel Payne and her connection to local criminals.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In those times, young people who self-described as gangsters fought for territory, and one of their subversive acts was to tag the walls of the city with the verses of cumbia songs.
    Karla Gachet, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Now is the time to push back in defense of free speech – as strongly and as publicly as the gangsters on the left and right are threatening to revoke it.
    Onkar Ghate, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement As many of the best villains do, Ok-seon has a sympathetic backstory.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Developed and released by Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc, the game allows players to fight and explore as both heroes and villains from the iconic franchise, following a story mode that takes place in the universe’s Final War arc.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Yobs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yobs. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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