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as in idiots
a stupid person
an unfortunate tendency to call those who disagree with him "brainless goons"
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as in thugs
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
the crime boss threatened to send the goons after him if he squealed
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Recent Examples of goons
And then, just as suddenly, she’s kidnapped by some Russian goons and forced to race through the neighborhood’s underbelly in a desperate search for her missing beau, who is on an epic bender.
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goons
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Money heist Who knew that criminals trust cash more than cryptocurrency?Nick Rockel, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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Shows like The Shadow featured a main character who used fear as a weapon to scare criminals into confessing or giving up.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Monsters and villains like the Demigorgon and Vecna are even named after real D&D baddies.Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2024
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But trouble is afoot in Narnia, with each installment of the series promising villains worthy of being Death Eaters — including an evil witch played by none other than Tilda Swinton.Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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The film takes place partly in that sunny hospital and partly in impossible locations where the story of a group of bandits out for revenge leads them to travel the world.Leila Jordan, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
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Another involves three nuns who ventured from Mission Santa Barbara to bring food and Bibles to local Native Americans more than a century ago, then were were robbed and killed by highway bandits.Paula Conway, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Goons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goons. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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