bank
v.— «The 16-year-old said she was “banked,” a street word meaning she was ganged up on, by East Side girls. She was hit and scratched and her hair weaves were pulled out.» —“An increase in girls fighting girls” by Adam Billington, Mike Taylor News Journal (Wilmington, Del.) June 13, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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