A 'hoodie' in todays terms is specifically one who wears a hooded top with the hood up and over their face, usually with a baseball cap underneath it, with the intention to make identification difficult. They are synonymous with youngsters who prowl shopping centres such as Bluewater (where they were banned) and Thurrock, both in the south east of the UK (Kent and Essex), looking for fights to pick, trouble to cause and designer labels to nick.

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