gang
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2.8
- noun
- /ɡæŋ/
:
banda
- Some people fear crossing into neighborhoods controlled by competing gangs in search of work.
- gang members
- gang violence
- street gangs
And then the grooming gangs met for many of them.
- And then the grooming gangs met for many of them.
- They were just getting robbed by large gangs and it was not.
- Are there right now British, Pakistani gangs exploiting children?
- So bullying was kind of rife, Gang warfare was rife.
- This sounds more like some kind of gang slash cartel than brotherhood.
- Even this grooming gangs thing stems into the government.
- It was after that that I still got attacked by other gangs and just punks.
- Black and Mexican gangs, Crips, Bloods.
- I was dealing with gang bangers all the time.
- The the sentence was are prolific gang rapists on Instagram.
- It was notorious for gangs with fights with my side.
- They were like, they were like gang members, but no gang members.
- But it's all gang controlled drug gangs, racial gangs.
- And even some of the gangs, you know, they not bad.
Examples
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- I believe that this is the work of an international gang.
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We organize meetings with the community to discuss gang violence and student safety.
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I mean, this gang run most of London now.
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Have you been a member of a gang in the past 6 months?
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Last couple days in the holding cell, some of these gang members were really giving me the cold shoulder.
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And they were like a rival gang of my area.
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So I lived in the streets of Philadelphia where gang warfare was the norm.
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The police are trying to reduce gang activity in the neighborhood.
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He was afraid to walk home because of the local gang that operated nearby.
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The documentary shed light on the lives of children growing up in gang culture.
Synonyms
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7.2
A group of people who work together to do illegal things
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5.3
A group of criminals who run illegal businesses together
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4.4
A secret group that commits crimes and controls illegal businesses
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5.3
A group that makes and sells illegal drugs and uses violence or bribes officials to control the business
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7.3
A group of people who run illegal businesses together
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4.5
An organized group of criminals who work together to do illegal things
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8.4
A group of people hired to kill someone for political or criminal reasons
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9.3
A group of people who use force to scare or hurt others, often hired to do this
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9.9
A group of Black people often involved in crime or violence
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4.2
A group of young people who do crimes or cause trouble
A group of people who work together to commit crimes
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.8
A farm machine with two or more blades that turns several rows of soil at once
A violent left-wing group active in Germany from 1968 to 1977, also called the Red Army Faction
- NSFW
A violent group in the Philippines that kidnaps people and takes money by force
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Gang kept the idea of people who 'go' together from the old English gan, and over time it was used for groups who move around as a unit. That's why gang can mean a group of people who work together to do crime.