English-Swedish translations for streetwise

Definition of streetwise

• Having the necessary knack, personality and instinct for survival in rough, urban environments
• Possessing a style that embodies the life and microculture located within urban settings, typically in the States

Examples

• Like all serial killers, he had the ability to sense vulnerability among potential victims; he didnt take the streetwise girls, he was after the younger women. -Ann Rule speaking about Gary Ridgway
• You could tell from the way he spat old Tupac lyrics, loitering in the corner with his homies, flipping that Yankees cap on his head like he couldnt give a damn that he was streetwise enough to melt Will Smith.

Related words

• streetwalker
• streetwear
• streetworthy
• streetworkout park