In prison terms there bitch.. The tear drop signifies that pain and humiliation one would feel after being turned out in prison. The tattoo is placed on the face to further humiliate the victim and mark them in a place where they could not cover the mark.Confusion about it's meaning has come from the victim's having to explain the tattoo when they get out of prison and have to explain it to family and loved one's.t has also been used as a gang identifier. If it was on the right it meant you were a Crip or part of the Folk Nation, on the left meant Blood or People's Nation. I had a tear drop tattoo in blue under my right eye.
Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative (noun). a person secretly employed in espionage for a government. private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock (adj).
adjective. The definition of operative is in force, functioning or having control, or refers to something that has the most significance or the greatest importance. 1  When a new solar-powered car is now functioning and runs successfully, this is an example of a situation where the car is operative. When a law is in place banning watering your lawn, this is an example of a time when the water ban is operative. 2  When you want to emphasize that someone is reallyvery wealthy, this is an example of a situation where you might say the operative word is rich..