as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
when a gang of hoods started hanging out in front of the store, customers went elsewhere
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as in cloak
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
counterfeiters conducting their affairs under a hood of secrecy
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as in thugs
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
when a gang of hoods started hanging out in front of the store, customers went elsewhere
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as in cloaks
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
counterfeiters conducting their affairs under a hood of secrecy
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Recent Examples of hood
Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 23 July 2025
Another person was detained after jumping onto the hood of a Louisville Water truck, according to the Courier Journal.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
Several hours later, video surveillance spotted two people — a man later identified as Atenco Perez and a woman — climb the border fence in the same area, then slip into the backseat of a silver Infiniti sedan with a black hood.
—Teri Figueroa, Mercury News, 21 July 2025
Duties of 70% slapped onto the hood of cars imported into the country account for the sizeable premium.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 July 2025
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Performing in the rain, Timberlake is shown putting up his jacket hood and saying the first line of the song.
—Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 23 July 2025
Another person was detained after jumping onto the hood of a Louisville Water truck, according to the Courier Journal.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
Several hours later, video surveillance spotted two people — a man later identified as Atenco Perez and a woman — climb the border fence in the same area, then slip into the backseat of a silver Infiniti sedan with a black hood.
—Teri Figueroa, Mercury News, 21 July 2025
Duties of 70% slapped onto the hood of cars imported into the country account for the sizeable premium.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 July 2025
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“Hood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hood. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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