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名詞

amagent (複数形 amagents)

1. (South Africa) A young male criminal gang member.
   • 1998, Crime and Conflict (issues 13-22, page 26)

     In the amagents' telling, police regularly accept bribes to overlook the crimes or drop the charges against the amagents.

   • 2002, Mark Shaw, Crime and Policing in Post-apartheid South Africa (page 60)

     Young black men who are engaged in crime — or amagents as they are popularly known in townships — told interviewers that violent and broken homes and poverty were the two key factors that had influenced their decision to become involved […]

   • 2011, Chris Blazina, ‎David S. Shen-Miller, An International Psychology of Men (page 29)

     Amagents may be defined as young men who tend to regard themselves as streetwise and may be involved in petty or serious criminal activity.

参照

• Tony Thorne (2014), “amagent”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London; […]: Bloombury