Definition of "gangsta" []

• A member of an urban criminal or street gang. (noun)
• Exhibiting the traits or demeanor associated with the high risk lifestyle of urban street-thugs or hustlers. (adjective)

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• "His nickname, "Inuksta," tattooed across his back is his own Inuit play on the word "gangsta.""
• "To clarify that statement-what I was saying at the interview-the term gangsta rap was so over-sloganized during that time ... and that in so many ways, everyday people, as well as the government, could have done so much more to really obliterate and eradicate things that were going on in the community at that time that forced the artists to talk about and discuss so strongly what they saw, what they lived with every day."
• "Come to think of it, a "gangsta" is an odd and disturbing thing for a high school teacher to admire anyway."