hooliganism

plural hooliganisms

1. uncountableusuallyunruly, aggressive behavior; behavior associated with hooligans

   Only one [tomb] stone was damaged (the Scaife one), and this took place on Friday, March 2, 1951, as a result of hooliganism on the part of two boys.

   1951 October, “Notes and News: Bromsgrove Tombstone Damaged”, in Railway Magazine, page 709

2. uncountableusuallyan offence analogous to disorderly conduct or breach of the peace in several post-Soviet jurisdictions and historically in the People's Republic of China

   In 1956, convictions for hooliganism exploded and a wave of deviant activity swept through the country that was noted as new and unheralded.

   2006, Brian Lapierre, “Making Hooliganism on a Mass Scale: The campaign against petty hooliganism in the Soviet Union, 1956-1964”, in Cahiers du Monde russe, volume 47, numbers 1-2, page 349

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   ‘Hooliganism,’ in this sense of the term, is not to be confused with hooliganism in the context of sports games. While the former describes a criminal act, the latter is a generalized mode of unruly public conduct undertaken by fans to demonstrate devotion to their team through intimidation directed at the other team.

   2019, Noelle Wurst, “Power, Punk, and Performance: A Critical Analysis of Hooligan Laws in Russia”, in Rollins College Honors Program Theses, volume 94, page 5

   Police said on May 23 that members of the far-right National Corps were arrested for hooliganism after they clashed with security guards and threw smoke bombs, fireworks, and paint cans at the headquarters of the Opposition Platform - For Life.

   2020 May 24, “Ukrainian Police Detain Far-Right Activists For Hooliganism Against Pro-Russia Party HQ”, in Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

   “Picking quarrels and provoking trouble” first appeared in Chinese law under the vague crime of hooliganism[…] Defendants could be sentenced to seven years in prison, or even death.

   2021 August 25, Guo Rui, “‘Picking quarrels and provoking trouble’: how China’s catch-all crime muzzles dissent”, in South China Morning Post