Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. to engage in (usu. coerced) multiple sexual intercourse with one woman (or gay man) as part of a gang.

1962		Riccio & Slocum All the Way Down 106: Paulie was a ‘lover‘. he would always bring a gangbang girl water or a sandwich.
1967		F. Salas Tattoo the Wicked Cross (1981) 37: They beat ’em up, first, and then ... gang-bang ’um ... man! [...] Gang-bang ’um, dad. Make queens out of ’em forever.
1971		J. Flaherty Chez Joey (1974) 206: I went to a boys’ camp and was gang-banged in my bed.
1974		(con. 1940s) E. Thompson Tattoo (1977) 52: They had gang-banged old Vanda Hard-ass-ty.
1984		‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 99: What are they gointer do? Gang-bang me?
1990		(con. c.1970) G. Hasford Phantom Blooper 66: At night she was a joy-woman and got gang-banged in the bunker by horny teenaged killers.
1991		W.T. Vollmann Whores for Gloria 61: Once I went to jail and I got gang-banged.
1996		(con. 1964-65) B. Thorpe Sex and Thugs and Rock ’n’ Roll 180: ‘He joined in himelf to gang bang his young sister’.
1999		K. Sampson Powder 393: She fantasised about being gang-banged by the whole tribe, roadies and all, one after another and all at once.
2002		Sandmann ‘Burning Down the House’ Planet Sex Stories 🌐 I couldn’t quite believe that I was about to be gang-banged. I’d never had more than one guy at a time before this incident, and here were seven guys clamoring to hose me down with some very sticky and tasty fire repellant. I grew dizzy thinking about the possibilities.
2006		G. Malkani Londonstani (2007) 145: When it comes to goras gettin with desis, it’s like you talkin bout goras gang-bangin his mum.
2007		L. Redhead Cherry Pie [ebook] ‘I know you bikies get a bad rap about the drug dealing and the gang banging and bombing each other’s clubhouses’.
2012		J. Fagan Panopticon 8: We will lock you in their flat and have you gang-banged until you turn fucking tricks.
2019		N. Walker Cherry 65: She liked dipping Copenhagen [i.e. snuff] and getting gangbanged.

2. (US) to belong to a gang or to engage in a gang fight; to engage in general gang activities.

1969		(ref. to 1950s) R.L. Keiser ‘Cupid’s Story’ Vice Lords 60: When we were gangbanging, I couldn’t say I really led them all because lots of them I missed out on.
1983		Goldman & Fuller Charlie Company 33: War? War ain’t no big deal [...] Be like gang-bangin’ on the block.
1993		K. Scott Monster (1994) 6: He gangbanged in Stacy Adams shoes.
2005		K. Huff A Steady Rain I i: But I’m maybe as sensitive as this gangbanging ethno-shit in the back seat, maybe I take it that way.
2014		Young M.A. ‘Brooklyn Chiraq Freestyle’ 🎵 I told niggas I don’t gang bang but for my bro I throw up them Bs.

3. of a woman, to offer sex to a group of men.

1977		L. Heinemann Close Quarters (1987) 134: She got fucked up on Chivas Regal and gang-banged the dudes who didn’t bring dates.
1988		in E. Cray Erotic Muse (1992) 364: She loves a gang-bang; she always will / Because a gang-bang gives her such a thrill. / When she was younger, and in her prime, / She used to gang-bang all the time.

4. (US) to victimize or destroy.

1999		J. Ramirez A Patriot after All 29: I came very close to being gang banged--beaten up by the rest of the platoon because everyone was punished when one member performed poorly.
2003		MillionthMonkey posting at Calpundit.com 1 Oct. 🌐 Nobody here is dumb enough to think that Bush is anything more than a puppethead, smiling for the cameras and mispronouncing words in a charming fashion while the country is gangbanged by his friends.

5. to target as a group, in order to influence or persuade someone.

1991		D. Simon Homicide (1993) 227: ‘You want to have a go at him alone?’ [...] ‘Nah,’ says Garvey, ‘we’ll gang-bang him.’.
1993		T. Jones Pugilist at Rest 150: Meldrick, Packard and Josie gang-banged Window, launching a new assault against Catherine.