The definition of hooligan is slang for a young person who breaks the law.
(noun)An example of a hooligan is a teenager who steals car stereos.
See hooligan in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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Origin: < ? Hooligan (or Houlihan), name of an Irish family in Southwark, London
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