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crip

crip

10 9.9
A member of the Crips gang from Los Angeles
  • noun
  • /krɪp/
  • Jargon
: miembro de los Crips
  • Crips are raiding the store.
  • Bloods & Crips
  • Crip gang
  • Crip set

Shit, the recruiting bloods and crip recruiting is heavy.

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Examples

  • The Crips are busy talking shit to Jesse, and I ain't got to worry about nobody else.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The only thing is we have to decide if we're gonna be Crips or Bloods before we get there.

  • Am I a Crip or am I a Blood?

  • Well, look what we got here, Crip.

  • That was a Crip whistle.

  • In Buddha's group, there were two Crips.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Sometimes they'll leave a neighborhood, as happened with several Crip gangs in L.A. County, and go eastward.

    Blog text (14)
  • Crips and Bloods are not choirboys.

  • What's really scary is... the big boys like MS-13, the Latin Kings, Crips, Bloods, etc. play for keeps.

    Blog text (9)
  • He proudly identified himself as a Crip during the ceremony.

Synonyms

gangster
vscrip
216 4.4

A person who is part of a group that does illegal things

is membership of a Los Angeles street gang rather than an organized crime group
hoodlum
vscrip
  • Offensive
35 7.6

A young person who steals, fights, or causes trouble with a gang

is membership of a named Los Angeles street gang not just youthful offenders
gangbanger
vscrip
  • Offensive
32 9.9

A person who joins a criminal gang and often takes part in violent acts

is membership of a specific Los Angeles street gang

Surface Forms

crip singular
crips plural

Etymology

Crip is the short name of the gang called the Crips, which began in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. A simple way to remember it is to think of Crip as a group name used on the streets, which is why it means a gang member today.