Synonyms of gangbangers

gangbangers

noun

plural of gangbanger

as in thugs

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

• thugs
• criminals
• gangsters
• bandits
• villains
• assassins
• hoodlums
• offenders
• pirates
• thieves
• ruffians
• punks
• mobsters
• hooligans
• toughs
• hoods
• bullies
• gorillas
• rowdies
• gangstas
• goons
• roughnecks
• yobbos
• yobs
• toughies
• perpetrators
• robbers
• felons
• scoundrels
• lawbreakers
• plug-uglies
• cutthroats
• outlaws
• crooks
• desperadoes
• gunmen
• brigands
• racketeers
• highwaymen
• mugs
• vandals
• swindlers
• pickpockets
• malefactors
• mafiosi
• perps
• bravos
• juvenile delinquents
• tearaways

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gangbangers

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

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

This is quite the new phenomenon for all the gangbangers, fentanyl dealers, girlfriend-beaters, drunk drivers and pedophiles — going to church. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2025