streetism

streetism
 n.— «About sixty percent of the youth in the metropolis are unemployed due to lack of skills and the result is “streetism,” drug and substance abuse, immorality and armed robbery.» —“People Should Vote Wisely” Accra Mail (Ghana) July 24, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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