the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > behave violently or use force [verb (intransitive)] > behave like a hooligan or ruffian (3)
transitive. With it. To act as a ruffian, to play the ruffian. rare.
(intransitive) to act as a hooligan; also transitive, to treat (a person) roughly.
(intransitive) to act as a hooligan.