gank
See also: Gank
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
gank (third-person singular simple present ganks, present participle ganking, simple past and past participle ganked)
- (transitive, slang) 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.
- 1989, The Beastie Boys in "Car Thief" from the album Paul's Boutique
- (transitive, slang) To 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.
- 2002, A. K. Stanfield, Zen Smoking: A Mock Epic with Stock Characters Page 261
Etymology 2
Verb
gank (third-person singular simple present ganks, present participle ganking, simple past and past participle ganked)
- (transitive, Internet, online gaming, slang) To kill much weaker players in an online video game in such a way that they cannot defend themselves. Common methods include attacking in much greater numbers or taking a well-equipped high-level character to assault players in a starting area.
- Our group totally ganked this guy.
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Gang
Noun
gank m (Cyrillic spelling ганк)
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