hooliganism

Variant of hooligan

hooligan definition

hoo·li·gan (ho̵̅o̅′li gən)

noun

Slang a hoodlum, esp. a young one

Etymology: < ? Hooligan (or Houlihan), name of an Irish family in Southwark, London

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