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Yardie
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Yardie [ˈjɑːdɪ]
n
(Law) a member of a Black criminal syndicate originally based in Jamaica
[from Jamaican dialect yard home or (by expatriate Jamaicans) Jamaica]
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Noun1.yardie - member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence; "A much publicized raid on a yardie stronghold had first been simulated at Riot City"
gangster, mobster - a criminal who is a member of gang
Translations
Yardie [ˈjɑːdɪ] N (Brit) → Yardy m (miembro de una organización criminal de Jamaica)
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Suppliers The Jamaican-based Yardies are the biggest suppliers of crack in the Midlands and have been blamed by cops for a string of gun crimes in the region.
KICKED; POLE DANCER HID YARDIES' STASH IN UNDERWEAR by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Ar y naill law, mae'n wyllt gacwn gyda Steve am y berthynas, ond ar y llaw arall gan mai Steve a'i hachubodd rhag yr Yardies mae mewn dyled iddo.
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The investigation into the Pakistan coach's death looks like it's been bungled all along - as opposed to Pakistan, who were perhaps merely bunged all along - and now Scotland Yardies have been called in amid rumours that Woolmer was poisoned.
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