What does a tear drop tattoo under the left eye symbolize?

Answer 1

Symbolism of a Teardrop Tattoo

I have heard it means either

A. you have killed someone without going to jail

B. it means you have lost someone

C. you have seen someone killed or

D. (on right not filled in means watched someone being killed)

what i dont get is why the cops dont notice it yet weird

Means you've murdered someone.

E. It means you make poor decisions and are a drain on society.

Answer 2

I'm under the impression that it's typically a gang or prison tattoo that's supposed to mean the person's murdered someone... but anyone trying to look like a badass who's murdered someone can get a teardrop tattoo.

This is originally a prison tattoo (circa 1920, I may be wrong) it generally shows that time has been served and it was a sorrowful time. It has also been used to commemorate a loved one who has died while the prisoner served time or even to symbolise the number of people that a person might have killed.

If the teardrop tattoo is just in the form of an outline, it implies that a friend of the wearer was killed. If a teardrop tattoo is coloured inside the outline it represents that the wearer's friend has been killed and the wearer has taken revenge of his friend's death.

An empty tear thus symbolizes that a loved one has been killed or the wearer has successfully shot someone else. A filled teardrop tattoo represents that a loved one has committed suicide or was killed by some cause other than a murder. It could be an accident or a death penalty. A teardrop tattoo on face with an empty top and a full bottom symbolizes that the wearer has taken a revenge of the murder of a loved one. An empty teardrop tattoo on face also symbolizes a person's time served in prison, which is usually a year at least. Teardrop tattoo can also be inked as a remembrance of a loved one who passed away while the wearer was incarcerated

It can also come from Chicano gangs in Chicago and throughout other places in The United States of America

NEVER undertake a tattoo like this without knowing it's true nature please as you never know who you may meet who may get the wrong idea or impression about you

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Answer 3

The.cops in Mexico back then in the 70's used to mark sex offenders with a tear drop in order to let the other inmates know they were fair game in other words they can attack those sex offenders

Answer 4

I'm not sure if it matters about which side its on but i know for a fact that when someone gets a colored-in teardrop, that means they have killed someone. If someone has a teardrop that isn't colored-in then that means that they have lost someone.

Answer 5

Tear Drop TattooDepending on which eye it is under, it either means they killed someone, or one of their gang members were killed.

Answer 6

It means that you have killed someone in another gang or lost one of your own gang members, it is gang related.

Answer 7

it means you lost some one you love if its not shaded or that you just lost some one you love either ways

Answer 8

Axel has some.