Tear tattoo from prison?

Question

what does the tear stand for when someone has a tear tattoo below their eye from prison?

Answer 1

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this question was literally asked 35 minutes before yours

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now to answer:  it means different things to different people

-people you've killed

-people you've lost

-you wanted a tear drop tattoo

Answer 2

IT MEANS THAT THEY KILLED SOMEONE OR SOMEONE CLOSE TO THEM DIED

Answer 3

it means someone they cared about died

Answer 4

I know the Bloods gang uses it. A plain tear drop under your eye means you're in the gang and a tear drop filled in red means oyu've killed someone...?

Heard something like that once.

Answer 5

that they killed someone or in memory of someone who died & only gangmembers get those.

Answer 6

It means they are very sad about the way that first shower experience worked out.