gangbanger n.
1. one who particpates in a gang-rape.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Rationale of the Dirty Joke (1972) I 267: The hippie gang-bangers do not give a damn. |
2. (US black) a member of a teenage gang, thus attrib.
| (ref. to 1950s) ‘Cupid’s Story’ in Vice Lords 77: Out south, out north, or out west there’s a whole lot of gangbangers wherever you go. | |
| ‘Shoe-shine on 63rd’ in Kochman Rappin’ and Stylin’ Out 211: [He] was popular among the ‘young gangbangers’ (teenage gang members). | |
| Runnin’ Down Some Lines 15: They are ‘homeboys’, ‘gang-bangers’, ‘stone foxes’, ‘chickenheads’. | |
| Straight Outta Compton 76: The Black gangbanger standing up in Billy’s face looked confused. | |
| ‘The Code’ in Brooklyn Noir 175: A former Cali gang-banger. | |
| ‘Unconfirmed Reports’ Wire ser. 5 ep. 2 [TV script] I don’t need you [...] gangbanger. | |
| Running the Books 4: Gun-toting gangbangers and coke dealers. | |
| Hard Bounce [ebook] ‘Looks like it could be a biker tat. Not any gangbanger shit I’ve ever seen’. | |
| The Force [ebook] The gangbangers are on the corners and the hip-hop bass hurts your ears. | |
| Riker’s 210: He was a really bad guy—homicide charges, a gangbanger. |
3. (US prison) a member of an aggressive prison gang.
| Maledicta V:1+2 (Summer + Winter) 265: He’s wary of […] the gang-bangers, gang members who enjoy a rousing fight. | |
| Bad Boy Boogie [ebook] [T]he white power gangs eyed the new fish [...] and paid gangbanger wolves to put the scare into them. |