bicraver

Street slang for selling, almost always drugs in context (il bicrave dans le quartier) — from the Romani bikrav ("to sell"), carried into French via Manouche/Traveller communities and, from there, into banlieue slang and rap. By extension it can loosely mean hustling or selling anything, including music.

• Il a arrêté de bicraver après sa sortie de prison. — He stopped dealing after he got out of prison.
• Ils bicravent au coin de la rue depuis des mois. — They've been dealing on the corner for months.
• Dans le clip, il raconte qu'il bicravait avant de percer dans le rap. — In the video, he talks about dealing before he broke into rap.

This is heavy slang tied specifically to street drug-dealing, not a neutral word for "to sell" (vendre) — using it for an ordinary sale, like selling a car, would sound bizarre or affected.

• song "Bicrave & rapper" — A French rap track by Bolo built around the refrain "Qu'est-ce que j'sais faire à part bicrave et rapper" ("What do I know how to do besides deal and rap"), typical of the word's heavy use in rap slang since the 2000s.