yob

Converse of object

• beat: The 10-man Respect Squad will consist of police, lawyers, council leaders and residents ' groups which have beaten yobs in their areas.
• march: Remember the plan to march yobs to cashpoint machines?
• tackle: Do you think the new powers will enable police to effectively tackle seafront yobs?
• stop: It was as if he was saying the police can't stop the yobs so put up the barricades and take cover.
• give: It's time we gave these yobs a dose of the fear they've been dishing out to the rest of us.
• see: I see that under Blair's tough new measures we could see yobs grounded just in case they might cause trouble.

Adjective modifier

• drunken: We have drunken yobs like the best of ' em.
• mindless: New Labor have kicked this constitution around with all the subtlety of a mindless yob booting a tin-can up the street.
• teenage: Mosquito is used to drive away teen yobs THEATER bosses have used a hi-tech whistle to drive away teenage yobs.
• young: Is it right to ban young yobs from busses?
• local: I hate where I am, local yobs killed my cat a few months ago!
• few: Why should a few yobs spoil things for the majority of us.

Modifies a noun

• culture: Home Affairs Prime Minister says parents are to blame for yob culture.
• behavior: Yob behavior, which is predominantly fuelled by alcohol.
• attack: The Zam Zam Indian Takeaway has suffered a yob attack since our last visit.
• rule: Voters find the peaceable kingdom in which they have lived for so long shattered by the brutal emergence of yob rule.

Noun used with modifier

• neighborhood: And neighborhood yobs need to know their police officers.
• football: Forget teenage hoodies and football yobs, Britain is a nation under siege from an epidemic of pet bullies!
• graffito: Meanwhile, graffiti yobs have trashed the Hogwarts Express steam train used in the Harry Potter films.
• soccer: Special report Space icLiverpool - D-day for soccer yobs ' passports - home after being provoked by rival fans.