Meaning & use
Yob
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A rude, loutish, or aggressive young man, especially one prone to disruptive or antisocial behavior.
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A group of yobs was arrested after vandalizing the train station.
The newspaper blamed a handful of yobs for ruining the town's reputation.
A note on using this word
British slang formed by spelling "boy" backwards; first recorded in nineteenth-century back-slang.
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hooliganlout
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