MS-13er

noun

A member of MS-13.

Meanings

nounMS-13er (plural MS-13ers)

plural MS-13ers

  1. organized crimeA member of MS-13.

    Wearing a tan jail uniform over a short-sleeved shirt, Portillo pleaded for mercy through an interpreter, saying his victims didn’t deserve to die and that as an MS-13er he was “consumed by soccer, girls and marijuana.”

    2019 June 12, Ruth Weissmann, Andrew Denney and Tamar Lapin, “MS-13 member in US illegally dodges life behind bars in brutal murder of 4”, in New York Post
    1 more example

    Sen. Hollen wanted a meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele during his recent visit to the United States, not to discuss his success in ridding the El Salvadoran society of its criminal element and how the U.S. might emulate it, but instead to discuss how the U.S. might retrieve some of the darling MS-13ers who were recently flown to El Salvador.

    2025 April 15, Bill Ponton, “Championing the MS-13ers”, in American Thinker

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

MS-13er. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MS-13er

MLA

“MS-13er.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MS-13er. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “MS-13er,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MS-13er.

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