gank
/ɡaŋk
/verb [with object] informal, chiefly US
1Take or steal (something): if I have the money, I won’t have to gank the books my friend got his backpack ganked out of his car...
- I knew my parents would gank my skates if I got busted for skating.
- I thought I'd hunt around online to see if I could gank some of it.
- No team wants a signature move ganked by another team.
1.1Defraud or rob (someone): they can take trade-ins of new releases and sell them for $55, essentially ganking the publishers...
- I still hope they're tied to some kind of big bad, even if it's one that ganks the reunited couple.
- Yeah, I'm gonna buy the old banger and get ganked on the price!
- In their confession to police, the two youths said they would go ‘make a run’ or ‘gank' an elderly woman.
2(In video games) use underhand means to defeat or kill (a less experienced opponent): that troll just ganked me...
- I am going to have the toughest elf ever and if I ever see you in my zone, prepare to get ganked, n00b.
- I am myself hopelessly addicted to WoW, but I'm not telling you what server I play on—I get ganked enough as it is.
- There are some people who get their kicks out of ganking.
Origin
1980s: origin uncertain; perhaps imitative or perhaps a shortening of an altered pronunciation of gangster.
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