Hoodlum
A hoodlum is a thug, usually in a group of misfits who are associated with crime or theft. The earliest reference to the word hoodlum was in the December 14, 1866 San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin. An article in the New York Times of July 26, 1877 included this: “… People who sack Chinese houses and stone Chinamen are not workingmen. San Francisco calls them ‘hoodlums,’ a term which includes everything that is base and mean. The hoodlum is a non-producer, loafer and bully. The hoodlum class think this is a good time to signify their hatred of law and order.”
Hoodlum may also refer to:
- The Hoodlum (1919 film), starring Mary Pickford
- The Hoodlum (1951 film), an American film directed by Max Nosseck
- Hoodlum (film), a 1997 film starring Laurence Fishburne
- "Hoodlum" (song), a 1997 song by Mobb Deep
- NATO codename for the Russian/Soviet Kamov Ka-26 utility helicopter
- Enemies in the video game Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
- Top Hoodlum Program created by J. Edgar Hoover in 1957
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