gank
v.— «One told the others, “Let’s gank him,” which the 17-year- old understood to mean that he wanted to rob Eshman.» —“Petition sheds light on events of slaying, but motive is murky” by Mary Carole McCauley Milwaukee Journal (Wisc.) June 24, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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