menace:
(plural: ‘menaces‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
(a picture of Dennis, the lead character in the very popular comic ‘Denis the Menace’)
a person who brings trouble;
a troublesome or annoying person;
a troublemaker;
a mischief-maker,
a gang of menaces playing football in the street disturbing the neighbourhood
In his opinion, a drunken driver is a menace to the public.
Mrs Jones hesitates to leave her two sons, John and James, on their own at home when she goes shopping because they both are terrible menaces, capable of causing as much trouble as possible to the neighbours.
The young people that gather on the street corners are not criminals but are menaces who, with their noisy antics and rowdy behaviour, bother the passers-by and at times may involve in minor vandalism, damaging public phone booths and shop windows.
