gank
n.— «Duane Beason, 35, of the 200 block of West 18th Street, was charged after police accused him of trying to sell undercover officers “gank,” a street term for something that looks like drugs but isn’t, at the intersection of East Seventh and Wallace streets.» —“Police arrest 10 in neighborhood sweep” by Tim Hahn Erie Times-News (Pa.) Apr. 16, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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