bang v.3
1. (US Und.) to rob; to steal.
![]() | Autobiog. of a Thief 45: I received my first lesson in the art of ‘banging a super,’ that is, stealing a watch by breaking the ring with the thumb and forefinger, and thus detaching it from the chain. | |
![]() | Life In Sing Sing 258: Banging supers at the red wagon. Stealing watches at the ticket wagon. |
2. (UK black) to obtain through fraud.
![]() | 🎵 Was young, try bang an AC, I tried a ting and they blocked my card. | ‘Fraud’
In phrases
to steal a purse.
![]() | ‘Pickpockets’ in Flynn’s mag. n.p.: ‘Binging the hanger’ means opening the hand bag [DU]. | |
![]() | Lowspeak. |