Usually means: Criminal involved in organized crime.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word gangsta:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. gangsta: Merriam-Webster
  2. gangsta: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gangsta: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gangsta: Vocabulary.com
  5. Gangsta, gangsta: Wordnik
  6. gangsta: Wiktionary
  7. gangsta: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. gangsta: Dictionary.com
  9. Gangsta (Bell Biv DeVoe song), Gangsta (Kehlani song), Gangsta (manga), Gangsta: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. gangsta: FreeDictionary.org
  11. gangsta: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. gangsta: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. gangsta: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gangsta, gangsta, gangsta: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. G.A.N.G.S.T.A, Gangsta, The Gangsta: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Pronunciation spelling of gangster, representing African-American Vernacular English. [A member of a criminal or street gang.]
adjective:  Pronunciation spelling of gangster, representing African-American Vernacular English. [(African-American Vernacular, slang) Characteristic of a gangster; (especially) admirable and audacious.]

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