noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
young
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Police call for crackdown on young thugs .
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First he began to shy away from the crowd of young street thug arsonist gunslingers.
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A brain-damaged policeman fights for his life after young thugs threw a half-brick through his patrol car windscreen.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A gang of thugs was waiting for him round the back. He didn't have a chance.
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A policeman is fighting for his life after young thugs threw a brick through his patrol car windscreen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It's the one-off thug who normally panics and lashes out.
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Seeking vengeance, he employs two Dickensian thugs, with startling and bleakly hilarious results.
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The thugs pounced as Tony McLoughlin prepared to open up the school shortly after 7am.