gangbanger

Example Sentences

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“La renta!” shouted a pistol-packing gangbanger in a wheelchair who was called El Wheelo.

From Los Angeles Times

This enemy to be defended against may be a "Muslim terrorist," an "urban" black male or a "Latino gangbanger."

From Salon

In 2013, Trayvon Martin was transformed from a typical teenager who’d ventured out to buy his favorite candy into a scowling, hoodied gangbanger with a shady past and no future to speak of.

From Los Angeles Times

He was a member of the Grape Street Crips, but now, at 44, he’s older, wiser and “no longer a gangbanger.”

From Seattle Times

In June 2019, used the term “gangbanger” when referring to disadvantaged Black youths, drawing criticism from fellow Democrat Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, who is African-American.

From Fox News