earlier specimen of gank

[Fred Shapiro]

On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Bernard W. Kane wrote:

> FWIW, following is substance of cite I submitted to major dictionary in
> January 1995 (they didn't use it; probably not enough support for it)
>
> gank move
>
> (printed on a package of instant oatmeal from QUAKER OATS COMPANY, Chicago,
> furn to finder by one of his sources December 1994)

The earliest citation I can readily find is the following:

1989 _Chicago Tribune_ 19 July (Nexis)  In their confession to police, the
two youths said they would go "make a run" or "gank an o.g.," which means
they would drive around until they spotted an elderly woman, usually at a
bank or shopping center or near a school.


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