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yob

British slang for an aggressive and/or violent young male (less commonly, female). They are often unemployed, live on estates, have drug and alcohol abuse problems and often show signs of anti-social behaviour.
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And I'm with Jack all the way on this as he declares his determination to hang the yobs out to dry.
Anna Smith: Shame the vile yobbos
There was a challenge to fight and the yob pulled a knife and a baton from the back of his trousers, swinging them at Armstrong as he ran towards his van to smash a window.
Dad ran over graffiti thug
Another resident, Liza Granton, 22, told how a yob held a knife to her throat as she walked home earlier this year.
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If just one Leicestershire policeman had taken seriously just one of the 33 calls Fiona made, then the scummy yobs who hounded that mother and child to their graves would have backed off.
Failure in the face of evil
If a bonfire of yobs was built and set light to, Huddersfield would be a much better place.
Firefighting
Instead of keeping yobs in one of Her Majesty's holiday camps.
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The brazen yob even leaned over a woman so he could smear the wall behind her with his red marker pen.
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I don't see him as a Hearts supporter, I see him as a yob.
Strach blasts spit yob
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