Hoodlum rants: egg thrown (8)
I believe the answer is:
gangster
'hoodlum' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'rants egg thrown' is the wordplay.
'thrown' is an anagram indicator.
'rants'+'egg'='rantsegg'
'rantsegg' is an anagram of 'GANGSTER'.
(Other definitions for gangster that I've seen before include "Villain" , "Member of a band of criminals" , "Crook" , "Soprano possibly" , "Gun-toting mob member" .)