gank

transitive verb

Published on April 10, 2016, 5:54 a.m.

to rob, rip off, or dupe (someone)

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

Derivatives gank move

Domains Crime

Synonyms gaffle, play

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

Rhymes bank⁷, stank², crank, dank, plank, point blank, sank, shank, shanked, skanks, thank, yank

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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gank

transitive verb

Published on April 10, 2016, 5:54 a.m.

to steal (something)

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