skinhead
noun
skin·head
ˈskin-ˌhed 
1
: a person whose hair is cut very short
2
: a usually white male belonging to any of various sometimes violent youth gangs whose members have close-shaven hair and often espouse white-supremacist beliefs
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Xenophobia is widespread, and although Russian authorities have suppressed the skinhead violence that was prevalent in the first two decades of this century, far-right groups still regularly harass and threaten Central Asian migrants.
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Marlene Laruelle, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2024
Neo-Nazis and skinheads threatened the goals of this coalition.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
The com network is also connected to a nihilist Eastern European skinhead crew whose members are accused of a series of random attacks and killings in Ukraine and Russia.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
Knut Johnson, an attorney representing Sylvester, started his opening statement by assuring the jury that the charge his client faces — the 2011 murder of a skinhead gang member named Ronald Richardson — would not be a whodunit.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
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Marlene Laruelle, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2024
Neo-Nazis and skinheads threatened the goals of this coalition.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
The com network is also connected to a nihilist Eastern European skinhead crew whose members are accused of a series of random attacks and killings in Ukraine and Russia.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
Knut Johnson, an attorney representing Sylvester, started his opening statement by assuring the jury that the charge his client faces — the 2011 murder of a skinhead gang member named Ronald Richardson — would not be a whodunit.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Skinhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skinhead. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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