gank
v.— «“Base had just ganked a tweaker,” James said—conned a crack addict out of her money. » —“One sibling resists entangling net, sets eyes on college, future” by Alan Gottleib Denver Post (Colo.) July 8, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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