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Recent Examples of hooliganism
That charge came months after his conviction on unrelated charges of violating Russia’s religious liberty and hooliganism laws connected to the burning of a copy of the Quran.
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Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Less appealing, but of material significance to the ground, was football hooliganism.
—Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
An officer with the UK’s Metropolitan police force has been sacked for football hooliganism and given a three-year ban from matches.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
He had been previously arrested in November 2021 on charges of hooliganism and arrested for 10 days.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Less appealing, but of material significance to the ground, was football hooliganism.
—Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
An officer with the UK’s Metropolitan police force has been sacked for football hooliganism and given a three-year ban from matches.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
He had been previously arrested in November 2021 on charges of hooliganism and arrested for 10 days.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooliganism
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Part of the problem is that, in the Brazilian legislature, corruption and criminality are so endemic as to be inextricable from the job of governance.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Since 2014, Ukraine has been subjected to a level of violence and criminality that reflects Russia’s utter contempt for the laws of armed conflict.—
The Editors,
National Review,
20 Feb. 2025
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Court records show he was then indicted in June 2020 for misconduct in office.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Nor is either party actually addressing the ballooning financial cost of local police forces in the U.S., nor the long-term reputational costs from police misconduct for trust in the police and government more broadly.—
Christopher S. Warshaw,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Trump has looked to eviscerate for-cause removal protections that Congress has implemented for various federal independent agencies, which prevent the president from removing leaders except for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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If such funding for these programs continues under some other venue, without a proper structure for management to ensure equitable distribution and implementation of funding and guidelines, malfeasance and non-compliance are inevitable.—
Patricia A. Daniel,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Apr. 2025
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The Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station watch commander informed the Times no crime had taken place at the residence.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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Pattinson will also soon star in Lynne Ramsay's Die, My Love alongside Jennifer Lawrence and Nick Nolte, and he's slated to headline Lance Oppenheim's crime thriller Primetime with Phoebe Bridgers.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Hooliganism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooliganism. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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