tagbanger
n.— «They’re in a no-man’s land,” Lucero said, referring to how Denver police have trouble tracking which taggers are becoming violent. “We know who the hard-core members of the hard-core gangs are. But these are new players we know almost nothing about.” The phenomenon has led to a new term: Instead of gangbangers, police refer to the groups as tagbangers.» —“Graffiti war rages on” by Christopher N. Osher Denver Post (Colorado) Feb. 11, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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