gang-banger

noun

1. slang.
   a member of a street gang

Derived Forms

• ˈgang-ˌbanging, noun

Example Sentences

But even as he sought to undo the political damage, Biden courted further backlash when he spoke, inartfully, of a more broad-minded society in which people realize the “kid in the hoodie might be the next poet laureate and not a gang-banger.”

From Los Angeles Times

Anchorage has seen an increase in gang-banger types from the Lower 48 in the last few years; they walk and look at folks differently.

From New York Times

“If they cheated on this, where it’s an open-and-shut case, what do they do when there’s a gang-banger?”

From Los Angeles Times

“It took me from being a gang-banger to a disciple of Christ.”

From Washington Times

And sometimes it’s not even a gang-banger in the vacant apartments—you get kids who use the vacant apartments as their clubhouse, like kids in the suburbs would use a tree house.

From Literature