Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Slang A member of a violent street gang.
  • noun Vulgar Slang One who takes part as an aggressor in a gangbang.

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  • noun slang A member of a violent gang.
  • noun slang A violent person.
  • noun Someone who gangbangs.

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Examples

  • What ends up happening is nothing short of a miracle as the so-called gangbanger somehow stumbles with his gun and is pummeled into the ground by an entire crew of skaters.

    Doobybrain.com 2009

  • Father "gangbanger" Boyle gets millions from city to coddle his gang members and he needs to be audited.

    "Gang Czar" Tax On Homeowners Headed For Ballot 2007

  • Does some magical transformation from professional to "gangbanger" happen once we have dinner and drive below Belmont Avenue?

    PegasusNews.com stories 2010

  • Maybe that "gangbanger" is a 17 year-old troubled youth that hasn't been given any proper guidance in his life and should not be dead.

    chicagotribune.com - 2009

  • Maybe that "gangbanger" is a 17 year-old troubled youth that hasn't been given any proper guidance in his life and should not be dead.

    chicagotribune.com - 2009

  • Again, I ask what is with Mikki Moore and his 'gangbanger' hand gestures?

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2009

  • Not that I am out on the streets everyday trying to convert gang members, but the mentality of blaming or covering up this tragedy by referring to someone as a "gangbanger" does nothing to help society.

    chicagotribune.com - 2009

  • Not that I am out on the streets everyday trying to convert gang members, but the mentality of blaming or covering up this tragedy by referring to someone as a "gangbanger" does nothing to help society.

    chicagotribune.com - 2009

  • ICE hasn't listed any native Filipino on its "gangbanger" watchlist or detention cells in the past few years, although insignificant remnants of Pinoy street gangs like Akrho and Bahala Na Gang sporadically surface in known Filipino communities here and in Carson, Glendale, Eagle Rock, San Fernando Valley, Rowland Heights, West Covina and Hawthorne.

    unknown title 2009

  • He regales awesome tales about his former life as an Oxnard gangbanger.

    ‘Avatar,’ Woody Allen And A Tweet From Prison In Today’s Twitter-Wood » MTV Movies Blog 2009

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