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A 'Yardie' is member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence.

The oragin of the term stemms from the slang name given to occupants of government yards in Trenchtown, a neighborhood in West Kingston, Jamaica.

Trenchtown was originally built as a housing project following devastation caused by Hurricane Charlie. Each development was built around a central courtyard with communal cooking facilities. Due to the poverty endemic in the neighborhood, crime and gang violence became rife, leading the occupants of Trenchtown to be in part stigmatized by the term "Yardie".

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