galere
9.9
A group of people others think are bad or dishonest
- noun
- Offensive
:
gentuza
- Many residents worried about the galere that hung around the local park.
Examples
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The film depicted a galere of outcasts, each with their own troubled past.
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The galere gathered in the dark alley, their whispers echoing in the night.
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Frattarelli Fischer, "Bagno delle galere," 80; and Santus, "Il 'Turco' e l'inquisitore," 455.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
rogue's gallery
vsgalere
1
8.6
A group of people known for bad or illegal acts
is broader, meaning any group seen as undesirable or disreputable
9.9
People who are most hated and looked down on in a society
is milder applying to disliked groups not only the worst members
9.9
A mixed group of ordinary people who seem unimportant
stresses being judged undesirable or disreputable rather than just motley
Surface Forms
Etymology
Galere comes from an old word for a 'rowing ship', the English galley, where forced rowers and rough crews worked. Because of that hard life and those rough people, galere came to mean an 'undesirable' or 'troublesome group'.