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  • noun Plural form of Crip.

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Examples

  • A group of reputed gang members arranged what they called a "Crips Holiday."

    NY Daily News BOB KAPPSTATTER 2011

  • A group of reputed gang members arranged what they called a "Crips Holiday."

    NY Daily News PHILIP CAULFIELD 2011

  • Glock, maker of the semi-automatic gun favored by black street gangs such as the Bloods and the Crips, is Austrian.

    This Lesbian Nonsense.... Newmania 2007

  • Glock, maker of the semi-automatic gun favored by black street gangs such as the Bloods and the Crips, is Austrian.

    Matthew Yglesias » Vikings and Global Warming 2007

  • In one letter at least Lamb spells his name Crips -- a joke he was fond of.

    The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805

  • There is nationwide organized minority groups called the Crips and the Bloods and others that that have arsenals of firearms, sell dope, run prostitution rings, commit drive by murders, murders for hire, intimidate entire areas of cities, influence elections, etc., etc., etc..

    Patriots or Extremists? Growing up in a militia 2009

  • There is nationwide orginized minority groups called the Crips and the Bloods and others that that have arsenals of firearms, sell dope, run postitution rings, commit drive by murders, murders for hire, intimidate entire areas of cities, influence elections, etc., etc., etc..

    Patriots or Extremists? Growing up in a militia 2009

  • In American street-lore the Crips are the arch-rivals of the Bloods.

    Recruiting Gang Members Online | Impact Lab 2007

  • There is nationwide orginized minority groups called the Crips and the Bloods and others that that have arsenals of firearms, sell dope, run postitution rings, commit drive by murders, murders for hire, intimidate entire areas of cities, influence elections, etc., etc., etc..

    Patriots or Extremists? Growing up in a militia 2009

  • The Crips was a vehicle to provide us with illusionary empowerment, payback, camaraderie, protection, thuggery, and a host of other benefits.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

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