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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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The 23 year-old had been in a car with three Yardie gangsters from the Midlands when their vehicle was pulled over by Tayside police.
KICKED; POLE DANCER HID YARDIES' STASH IN UNDERWEAR by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Y Pris (S4C, 9pm) Yr wythnos hon mae rhywun arall yn mentro ar dir y frawdoliaeth wrth i Lyn ddod i wybod fod Yardies yn gwerthu cyffuriau i blant ysgol yn ei ardal ef.
Pigion Y DYDD by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
They are determined to avoid an influx of dealers in Newcastle and the Yardie drug culture.
Police warn of crime explosion by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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