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Ambush vs Gank - What's the difference?

ambush | gank |

As verbs the difference between ambush and gank

is that ambush is to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy while gank is to swindle.

As a noun ambush

is the act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.

ambush

English

Noun

(ambushes)
  • The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
  • An attack launched from a concealed position.
  • * Milton
    • Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege / Or ambush from the deep.
  • The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
  • * Bible, Josh. viii. 19
    • The ambush arose quickly out of their place.

    Derived terms

    * ambush marketing * ambush journalism

    Verb

    (es)
  • To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
  • * Dryden
    • By ambushed men behind their temple laid / We have the king of Mexico betrayed.
  • To attack by ambush; to waylay.

    • gank

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To swindle.
  • * 1989 , The Beastie Boys in "Car Thief" from the album Paul's Boutique
    • Then I met this girl she tried to gank me / So I smacked her in the booty with M.C. Plank Bee
  • *2001 , Delphine Jamet, Street Kid in the City [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1865085030&id=4535LUpaODsC&pg=RA26-PT4&lpg=RA26-PT4&dq=ganked&sig=HmEVVrF2HQAWuZ9wo2gWusdExd8]
    • Jay was ganked (mugged) for $55 by some Noongar boys when Brad told them he had a lot of money on him.
  • *2004 , Mike Sager, Scary Monsters and Super Freaks: Stories of Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll and Murder Page 135
    • Just as Eazy had robbed Lonzo at Crew Cut Records, Suge and Dre had now ganked Eazy. This time, however, there was a slight problem.
  • *2004 , U.S. Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Combating Gang Violence in America Page 28
    • And in the old days, you know, if you ganked a drug dealer, they would beat you senseless.
  • (slang) To steal.
  • *2002 , A. K. Stanfield, Zen Smoking: A Mock Epic with Stock Characters Page 261
    • “I ganked these from the Major's house last night,” I explained, reaching into the backpack to withdraw the two books.
  • *2006 , N. Frank Daniels, Futureproof Page 206
    • It was one of the syringes Splinter ganked from the hospital the other day when he was in there for chest pains.
  • (transitive, Internet, online gaming, slang) To kill, ambush, or defeat with little effort; used in online games.
    • Our group totally ganked this guy.
    I hate it when corpse-campers gank me over and over again.

    Anagrams

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    Noun

  • passage
  • hall, hallway, corridor

    • Related terms

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