The term hoodlum, often shortened to hood, refers to an individual assumed to be associated with crimes and violence. Especially when the term is shortened to "hood," there can also be an inference to organized crime and gangsterism.
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Merriam Webster
N.d. Hoodlum. http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/hoodlum, accessed March
25, 2015.