The Online Slang Dictionary
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Definition of gank

gank    Featured Word

verb

  1. to obtain material through force and trickery.
  2. to execute or murder, usually with a firearm. Origin: first used in the early 1990's.
    I'm going to gank your happy ass.

    Submitted by Sandrea Sanders, St Louis, MO, USA, Oct 12 1996.

  3. to steal. Also gank off with.
    I ganked a chair from his room.
    He ganked off with my bike.

    Submitted by Andrew Montez, Corpus Christi, TX, USA, Jul 02 1997.

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