gank

present singular third person ganks · participle present ganking · participle past ganked · past ganked

1. slangtransitiveTo swindle.

   And in the old days, you know, if you ganked a drug dealer, they would beat you senseless.

   2004, U.S. Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Combating Gang Violence in America, page 28

   3 more examples

   Then I met this girl she tried to gank me / So I smacked her in the booty with M.C. Plank Bee

   1989, “Car Thief”, in Paul's Boutique, performed by Beastie Boys

   Jay was ganked (mugged) for $55 by some Noongar boys when Brad told them he had a lot of money on him.

   2001, Delphine Jamet, Street Kid in the City

   Just as Eazy had robbed Lonzo at Crew Cut Records, Suge and Dre had now ganked Eazy. This time, however, there was a slight problem.

   2004, Mike Sager, Scary Monsters and Super Freaks: Stories of Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll and Murder, page 135

2. slangtransitiveTo steal.

   It was one of the syringes Splinter ganked from the hospital the other day when he was in there for chest pains.

   2006, N. Frank Daniels, Futureproof, page 206

   1 more example

   “I ganked these from the Major's house last night,” I explained, reaching into the backpack to withdraw the two books.

   2002, A. K. Stanfield, Zen Smoking: A Mock Epic with Stock Characters, page 261

present singular third person ganks · participle present ganking · participle past ganked · past ganked

1. InternetslangtransitivegamesTo kill much weaker players in an online video game in such a way that they cannot defend themselves.

   Our group totally ganked this guy.