ganked; ganking; ganks
US slang
: to rob or defraud (someone)
… the wee hours when, we suppose, you're most susceptible to being ganked.—
Barry Saunders
Barry Saunders
also
: to steal or take (something)
You don't know me, but you broke into my apartment recently. … Also, you ganked my Xbox, which may as well have been my first-born child. —Geoff Johnston
Geoff Johnston The instrumentals are soothing and familiar; the guitar sounds like an old Telecaster playing riffs ganked from the early 1980s. —MarieClaire Bousquette
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“Gank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gank. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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