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this is a Hindustani word, derived from Thugee who were gangs of robbers and assassins in Northern India. They were supressed in the first half of the 19th century

a hoodlum someone who robs ppl or hurts ppl it came from the wrd hood which is a place where its hard 2 liv and a bad neighberhood then thugs jst popped in jt bothswrths head and they decided 2 make it mean hoodlum a person who came from the hood

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