Synonyms of gangbanger

gangbanger

noun

ˈgaŋ-ˌbaŋ-ər 

as in thug

a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang

the argument that the DEA needs to focus more on the kingpins of the drug trade and less on the gangbangers in the street

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thug
• gangster
• criminal
• villain
• assassin
• bandit
• hoodlum
• offender
• pirate
• hood
• thief
• gangsta
• mobster
• gorilla
• tough
• ruffian
• punk
• hooligan
• bully
• roughneck
• goon
• rowdy
• yob
• perpetrator
• yobbo
• plug-ugly
• felon
• toughie
• robber
• scoundrel
• perp
• mafioso
• cutthroat
• outlaw
• mug
• gunman
• lawbreaker
• brigand
• crook
• desperado
• racketeer
• vandal
• pickpocket
• highwayman
• swindler
• malefactor
• bravo
• juvenile delinquent
• tearaway

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gangbanger

Wahhh’s career coincided with, and has benefited from, tattoos moving from society’s fringes (military vets, bikers, ex-convicts, gangbangers) into the mainstream and onto the bodies of school teachers, dentists, and maybe the person sitting next to you. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026

Who signed off on gangbanger LaMar Cook being granted access to ship eight pounds of blow directly to Maura’s office suite in Springfield, as well as another 19 pounds of coke to a hotel on the UMass-Amherst campus? — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025

Murdered within about six months of each other at the height of their fame in the 1990s, their deaths spawned conspiracy theories of hitmen, coverups and cops on gangbangers’ payrolls. — Veronica Bravo, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025

The gangbangers allegedly smashed a victim's head open with a glass bottle of tequila, leaving him with severe lacerations to his face and nerve damage. — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025