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 v.โ€” ยซOn Aug. 9, Jordan returned from class to find that someone had broken into his locker and stolen about $50 worth of food, cigarettes and personal hygiene items. He had had his locker “kicked”โ€”broken intoโ€”before, but usually managed to retrieve his possessions by appealing to gang membersโ€™ OGs, the older “Original Gangsters” who supervise the criminal conduct of their young disciples.ยป โ€”โ€œGang life at prison on trial in murder case” by Ted Wendling Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) Feb. 27, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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