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black gangster

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫 /黑帮 (hēibāng, “gangsters, gang”). The first character, 黑, translates as "black" on its own.

  1. borrowed from 黑幫 — “gangsters, gang”

Definitions

  1. A propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against opponents.

    • […] and branded more than one-third of the people in the Agriculture Ministry as "rightists" or "black gangsters."
    • It was not always clear who was a counterrevolutionary or a black gangster for that matter. Former landlords, capitalists, and rich peasants were more readily spotted, but even here there was some difficulty […]
    • The radicals held that Liu's men were 'black gangsters' in league with the ousted Party committees.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, gangster. (i.e. one with black skin)

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