gangster

plural gangsters · alternative slang gangsta

1. A member of a criminal or street gang.
2. A member of a professional criminal organization (in organized crime): a racketeer.

present singular third person gangsters · participle present gangstering · participle past gangstered · past gangstered · alternative slang gangsta

1. To act like a gangster; to commit street crime or run a racket.

comparative more gangster · superlative most gangster · alternative slang gangsta

1. slangCharacteristic of a gangster; (especially) admirable and audacious.

   Sampling is the most gangsta shit ever. Im finna steal yo life's work and make it into trap music

   2024 February 12, @Teller_Banks357, Twitter, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2024

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   I looked at my team and thought, "Damn, now that was the most gangster move I have ever seen in my life. I think we just strong-armed a government official in Sierra Leone!"

   2011, Isaiah Washington, Lavaille Lavette, A Man From Another Land: How Finding My Roots Changed My Life, New York, N.Y. […]: Center Street, →ISBN, page 121

2. InternetslangOn friendly terms; cool.

   We put an end to our beef. We're all gangster now.

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   "Oh, soft ass pretty boy, trying to act all hard for his little girlfriend. Don't he know that we gangsta over here. We don't beef over females. Share and share alike," Corey said, laughing.

   2016, Janae M. Robinson, Crumbling Down, →ISBN, page 75

   everyone gangsta until NATO starts shipping Burger Kings onto the scene

   2022 May 10, @mr_gh0stly, Twitter, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2024