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Definition of Gangsta
1. Noun. (Black English) a member of a youth gang.
Group relationships: Youth Gang
Generic synonyms: Compeer, Equal, Match, Peer
Definition of Gangsta
1. Noun. (slang) A member of an urban criminal or street gang. ¹
2. Adjective. (slang) exhibiting the traits or demeanor associated with the high risk lifestyle of urban street-thugs or hustlers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gangsta
1. a member of a street gang [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gangsta
Literary usage of Gangsta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Achieving High Educational Standards for All: Conference Summary by Timothy Ready, Christopher F. Edley, National Research Council, Catherine E. Snow (2002)
"Although the experiences that [gangsta rap] reflected may have been authentic
only for some youth, others embraced the expressions and began to mimic the ..."
2. Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gapby Alfred W. Tatum by Alfred W. Tatum (2005)
"This is illustrated in the gangsta rap that became so popular in the late 1980s
with the emergence of the rap group NWA (Niggaz With Attitudes). ..."
3. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"... in gangsta films such as Menace 11 Society (Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes,
1993), where private cars are presented as embodying financial success, ..."
4. The Reconfiguration of Political Order in Africa: A Case Study of North Kivu by Denis M. Tull (2005)
""gangsta War", The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2003. 855 "The Global Menace of Local
Strife", The Economist, 22 May 2003. S6 Simons, Anna, Mobilizable Male Youth, ..."
5. Surviving Twilight by Shane A. Bernskoetter (2005)
"My bed was covered with little wrapped cans, the party food was spread out all
over and the assortment of neon colored gangsta guns made for a ..."
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