Thesaurus results for GANGBANGER

gangbanger

noun

ˈgaŋ-ˌbaŋ-ər

as in thug

a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang the argument that the DEA needs to focus more on the kingpins of the drug trade and less on the gangbangers in the street

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Recent Examples of gangbanger Aurora, Colorado, has been plagued with crime linked to the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) and now the city’s mayor is accusing his Denver counterpart of not being truthful about how the gangbangers – and other migrants – ended up in his city in the first place. —

Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025 Listen to this article Loading your audio article Two gangbangers responsible for killing a 22-month-old boy at a Brooklyn cookout have been convicted of the tot’s slaying, in a pair of trials that covered an array of death and destruction caused by the bloodthirsty Hoolie gang. —

John Annese, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2024 The group aspired to paint a fuller, more nuanced picture that went beyond the image of a gangbanger. —

Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023 Far from a gangbanger, Yarl was described later in a statement by North Kansas City School District Superintendent Dan Clemens as an excellent student and a talented musician who maintains a stellar GPA while taking mostly college-level courses — far from a criminal profile. —

Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023 Puppet is probably the mark of the gangbanger who drew the X8. —

Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2012 The trajectory from gangbanger in South San Gabriel to city poet laureate and bestselling author would have been dramatic enough. —

Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022 Despite making up 18% of the U.S. population, the usual stereotypes of the gangbanger, the day laborer, the janitor, the maid, and the exotic Latina continue to be seen on the big screen. —

AZCentral.com, 15 Sep. 2021 The gangbanger label will follow a person for life. —

Jacqueline Serrato, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2018

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Noun

Image In so many ways, Jan. 6 had become part of his brand — a brand in which an attack on the symbol of American democracy became a defense of that same democracy: a blow against political thugs and closet communists, deep-state plots and an unjust justice system.

— Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
The investigation leads Cole into an ugly world of red-neck thugs and disappeared girls.

— Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2025