gangbanger

noun

gang·​bang·​er ˈgaŋ-ˌbaŋ-ər How to pronounce gangbanger (audio)
: a member of a street gang

Examples of gangbanger in a Sentence

the argument that the DEA needs to focus more on the kingpins of the drug trade and less on the gangbangers in the street
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Continue reading … Click here for more cartoons… MEDIA RETURN TO SENDER – Bondi's warning to those not all in on America as Dems push gangbanger’s return to US. FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025 Green was living with extended family in North Carolina, then lived in a domestic violence shelter and a homeless shelter when his mother regained custody, then was placed into foster care before living with a cousin whose sons were gangbangers. John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025 The gangbangers are accused of waging a bloody two-year turf war resulting in five victims in nine shooting incidents, including a wounded man who was paralyzed from the waist down, according to authorities. Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024 Trump responds after judge tries to stop deportation flights with violent gangbangers. Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025 Green was living with extended family in North Carolina, then lived in a domestic violence shelter and a homeless shelter when his mother regained custody, then was placed into foster care before living with a cousin whose sons were gangbangers. John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025 Aurora, Colorado, has been plagued with crime linked to the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) and now the city’s mayor is accusing his Denver counterpart of not being truthful about how the gangbangers – and other migrants – ended up in his city in the first place. Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025 Listen to this article Loading your audio article Two gangbangers responsible for killing a 22-month-old boy at a Brooklyn cookout have been convicted of the tot’s slaying, in a pair of trials that covered an array of death and destruction caused by the bloodthirsty Hoolie gang. John Annese, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2024 The group aspired to paint a fuller, more nuanced picture that went beyond the image of a gangbanger. Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023

Word History

Etymology

gangbang + -er entry 2

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gangbanger was in 1969

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“Gangbanger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gangbanger. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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