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Group of youngsters pester antisocial character

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I believe the answer is:

litterbug

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'antisocial character' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
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'group of youngsters pester' is the wordplay.
'group of youngsters' becomes 'litter' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pester' becomes 'bug' ('bug' can be a synonym of 'pester').
'litter'+'bug'='LITTERBUG'

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(Other definitions for litterbug that I've seen before include "Trash dropper" , "Bad citizen" , "one leaving droppings" , "Rubbish dropper" , "filthy devil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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