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hooliganism

/hoo-li-guhn/US // ˈhu lɪ gən //UK // (ˈhuːlɪɡən) //

流氓行为,流氓行径,流氓主义,流氓罪

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a ruffian or hoodlum.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or like hooligans.

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Examples

  • In an ironic twist, English supporters are now more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators of hooliganism.

  • First charged with “piracy,” each member of the retinue now faces seven years in jail if found guilty of “hooliganism.”

  • Some may think “price tag” attacks are relatively minor acts of vandalism—racially or religiously motivated hooliganism at best.

  • Three members of the group were arrested, charged with “hooliganism,” and imprisoned; two of them have 5-year-old children.

  • The Russian punk band was sentenced to two years behind bars for ‘hooliganism’ despite protests across the West and in Moscow.

  • Idleness, hooliganism and repeated imprisonments for petty crime, until something more serious happens, and then longer sentences.

  • The main safeguard against lawlessness and hooliganism in any armed body is the integrity of its officers.

  • We do not want further prejudice raised against us by attempts to connect us with anarchical violence, hooliganism and looting.

  • Frequent allusions to hooliganism and armed burglars occur in 1882.

  • They were aggravated, moreover, by an outbreak of hooliganism, which became a serious nuisance in 1881.