Citations:
1992 Robin Farmer Richmond Times-Dispatch (Va.) (Oct. 11) “New Start seeks to change behavior” p. B1: Candy, constantly sucking her finger, says she thinks her nose is broken from a recent fight. “Two girls banked me,” she explains. 1998 Dawn Fallik @ Baltimore, Md. Peoria Journal Star (Feb. 13) “Schoolyard squabble ends in boy’s death” p. C8: The Bella Vista Boys—named, in a fashion, after the Baltimore neighborhood Belle Vista—didn’t just blame Rabb, they “banked” him, or ganged up on him to teach him a lesson. 2004 Adam Billington, Mike Taylor News Journal (Wilmington, Del.) (June 13) “An increase in girls fighting girls”: The 16-year-old said she was “banked,” a street word meaning she was ganged up on, by East Side girls. She was hit and scratched and her hair weaves were pulled out.