Usually means: Aggressive person, often criminally involved.
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Similar:
hoodlum, punk, goon, toughie, tough, hood, rent-a-thug, thugging, thuglet, bully, more...

Types:
mugger, burglar, murderer, terrorist, gangster, thief, arsonist, more...

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young, little, hired, big, common, local, second, old, murderous, real, brutal

Crossword clues:
street tough,   rough fellow,   hired goon,   a bully,   a dangerous person,   back alley menace,   big bully,   violent man,   lowlife criminal,   petty gangster

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