amagent

Noun

1. A young male criminal gang member.
   • In the amagents' telling, police regularly accept bribes to overlook the crimes or drop the charges against the amagents. - 1998, Crime and Conflict (issues 13-22, page 26)
   • 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...
   • Amagents may be defined as young men who tend to regard themselves as streetwise and may be involved in petty or serious criminal activity. - 2011, Chris Blazina, David S. Shen-Miller, An International Psychology of...