yardie
/ˈjɑrdi/
noun
- A person from Jamaica, especially one involved in organized crime or drug trafficking.
- The movie tells the story of a yardie who moves to London and gets caught up in gang violence.
- Police arrested several yardies suspected of running a drug ring in the city.
- He was known as a yardie, but his family said he was just a regular Jamaican immigrant.
- A member of a Jamaican criminal gang operating in the UK or elsewhere.
- Undercover officers infiltrated the yardie network to gather evidence.
- The yardies were known for their violent turf wars in the 1990s.
- The documentary explores the rise of yardie gangs in London's underground.
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