noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ teenage , young
▪ street ( esp. AmE )
▪ murderous , vicious , violent
▪ drunken , mindless ( esp. BrE )
▪ hired
▪ armed , knife-wielding ( esp. BrE )
▪ jackbooted
▪
The jackbooted ~s can arrest you without bothering to accuse you of a crime.
▪ fascist , Nazi , racist , right-wing
▪ football , soccer (both esp. BrE )
… OF THUGS
▪ bunch , gang
▪
He was beaten up by a gang of ~s.