Gangsta and Tough

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Gangsta noun - A violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang.

Usage example: the short, violence-filled life of an inner-city gangsta

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Tough and gangsta are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tough" instead a noun "Gangsta".

Tough noun - A violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang.

Usage example: didn't want her son hanging out with the neighborhood toughs

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Gangsta and tough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gangsta" instead a noun "Tough".

Nearby Words: toughness, toughen, toughening, tougher, toughed

Very common in music genres, for instance metal and gangsta rap, where someone will put on a persona of being evil and tough in their songs, because they are too nice to do it in real life.

Source: A Darker Me
After 2 years between albumsnote An eternity in hip hop, he came back with The Funky Headhunter, exchanging the pants for a watch cap, cussing a little bit, rapping about tough times on the street and generally trying to show how gangsta he was, too.

Source: We're Still Relevant, Dammit

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