gank

transitive verb

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

to rob, rip off, or dupe (someone)

Collocates bank⁵, play⁴, bitch⁴, I'mma³, sucker³, shit², run game on², dank², dope², jack², mayne², punk², serve², shank², paper², bitch², mail², come up², nina², mark, skank, stack, straight, thug, trick, wannabe, wig, yo, bang, cap, cavi, chain, clucker, crack, dick, diss, fiend, fly, G, gaffle, game, gangbang, gangsta, hoe, homie, hood

Derivatives gank move

Domains Crime

Synonyms gaffle, play

Related concepts gaffle up, jack, jook, jook, shake, snatch, stick-up kid, tax

Timeline

1987-11-06 N.W.A. "Dopeman" [N.W.A. & The Posse]
Man, I can't believe this shit, this bitch is tryin to gank me
1988-08-08 N.W.A. "I Ain't Tha One" [Straight Outta Compton]
Girl, I can't be played or ganked
1988-09-16 Eazy-E "No More?" [Eazy-Duz-It]
You get beat, ganked, broke, and served

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Origins of Cited Artists

gank

transitive verb

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

to steal (something)

Collocates block, Compton, in the cut, loot, seed, sheisty, Slauson, spot, sucker

Domains Crime

Timeline

1990-09-24 King Tee "Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)" [At Your Own Risk]
Sucker tryin to gank my spot, least I think so
1991-07-16 Compton's Most Wanted "Straight Check'n Em" [Straight Checkn 'Em]
Trying to gank my Compton melody
1992-12-15 Dr. Dre "The Day The Niggaz Took Over" feat. Daz, RBX, Snoop Doggy Dogg [The Chronic]
Got a VCR in the back of my car that I ganked from the Slauson swap meet

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