gank

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Verb 1.2 Quotations 1.3 Anagrams

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to gank (third-person singular simple present ganks, present participle ganking, simple past and past participle ganked)

1. (transitive) To swindle.
   • 1989, The Beastie Boys in "Car Thief" from the album Paul's Boutique

     Then I met this girl she tried to gank me / So I smacked her in the booty with M.C. Plank Bee

   • 2001, Delphine Jamet, Street Kid in the City [1]

     Jay was ganked (mugged) for $55 by some Noongar boys when Brad told them he had a lot of money on him.

   • 2004, Mike Sager, Scary Monsters and Super Freaks: Stories of Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll and Murder Page 135

     Just as Eazy had robbed Lonzo at Crew Cut Records, Suge and Dre had now ganked Eazy. This time, however, there was a slight problem.

   • 2004, U.S. Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Combating Gang Violence in America Page 28

     And in the old days, you know, if you ganked a drug dealer, they would beat you senseless.

2. (transitive) To rob, steal.
   • 2002, A. K. Stanfield, Zen Smoking: A Mock Epic with Stock Characters Page 261

     “I ganked these from the Major's house last night,” I explained, reaching into the backpack to withdraw the two books.

   • 2006, N. Frank Daniels, Futureproof Page 206

     It was one of the syringes Splinter ganked from the hospital the other day when he was in there for chest pains.

3. (transitive, Internet, slang) To copy, reproduce, reuse, or save an image, idea, or work of another person, often in the context of materials posted on the Internet. Ganking can occur with or without permission.

   May I gank your icon?

   The music in the following parody was ganked from the original.

4. (transitive, Internet, online gaming, slang) To kill, ambush, or defeat with little effort; used in online games.

   So I totally ganked this priest in Westfall.

   I hate it when corpse-campers gank me over and over again.

[edit] Quotations

• 2004, J Gingold in LiveJournal uhlume [2]

  Ganked from roybatty and caffeina.

• 2005, Paul Koehler, in LiveJournal amischief [3] [post title]

  survey ganked from meercat

• 2006, Erin Lefey, in LiveJournal “Erin’s Path” [4] [post title]

  Ganked from the always trend-setting Wildriverrose

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: agkn
• knag