gorilla pimp

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Noun

gorilla pimp (plural gorilla pimps)

1. (slang, informal) A pimp who is physically violent toward the prostitutes he manages.

   Coordinate term: sugar pimp

Verb

gorilla pimp (third-person singular simple present gorilla pimps, present participle gorilla pimping, simple past and past participle gorilla pimped)

1. (slang, informal, transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To work or operate as a gorilla pimp.
   • 2004, Tony Lindsay, Chasin' It, page 6:

     Terri never met a man as hateful and abusive as Mo-red. He gorilla pimped Charlene, made him conform to his wants by beating him.

   • 2005, George Love, Who Do You Say I Am?, page 20:

     My life just went completely out of control, I carried pistols everyday I was very challenging, I would fight all of my girlfriends slapping them around and gorilla pimping them.

   • 2017, Lex, CheckMate - It's Your Move, page 47:

     Plus, he was gorilla pimping them trying to make them buy his dope.