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killer(noun, hoodlum)
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pirate(noun, crook, thief, outlaw, swindler)
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quarreler(noun, bully, combatant)
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rival(noun, bully, combatant)
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struggler(noun, bully, combatant)
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swordsman(noun, bully, combatant)
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torpedo
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villain(noun, criminal, crook, convict, thief)
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convict(noun, criminal, crook, fugitive, bad man)
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slayer
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bravo
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brawler(noun, combatant)
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brute(noun, evildoer)
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butcher
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gunsel
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hatchet man(noun, expression, idiom, killing)
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larrikin
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lout
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matador
4
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