gang-banger


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gang-banger

n
slang US a member of a street gang
ˈgang-ˌbanging n
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A warrant search of his home found gang-banger music, and he had a history of associating with a certain gang.
His mother, Elsa Oliver, has a history of mental illness and allowed her gang-banger boyfriend to brutalize her and her three children, according to prosecutors.
It will take a while to get another gun listed for your permit, and if the bad guy's gang-banger buddies are looking for revenge, it's a lousy time to be without something you can carry to protect yourself.
In March it was baby Jonylah Watkins, a 6-month-old shot in the front seat of a parked minivan while in the lap of her father, an alleged gang-banger with a lengthy police rap sheet.
Do we really expect a gang-banger, drug dealer or other low-life to register his guns?
When Hmong gang-banger Spider and his four-strong posse scrap with neighbour's son Thao on his lawn, Walt intervenes with a rifle, causing Thao's older sister Sue to show her gratitude.
When Hmong gang-banger Spider (Moua) and his four-strong posse scrap with neighbour's son Thao (Vang) on his lawn, Walt intervenes with a rifle.
When Hmong gang-banger Spider (Doua Moua) and his four-strong posse scrap with neighbour's son Thao (Bee Vang) on his lawn, Walt intervenes with his rifle.
He was young, a former gang-banger, who converted to Islam and came to be known as Ibrahim.
I deliberately wrote BLACK PAIN in very accessible language and reached out to real people, from [the celebrity] to the business professional to the gang-banger. My goal is for anyone who reads the book to see themselves, or someone that they know, and [letting them know] they are not on the ledge alone; they don't have to wear a mask.
Interestingly, during the entire time I was there, I didn't see one gang-banger enter the premises.
"The first night I was here," said Arnold, a graduate of the first class to complete the NTTC program, "a gang-banger came in to the emergency room.