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UK
/ɡˈæŋ/
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[ US /ˈɡæŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡæŋ/ ]
NOUN
-
an informal body of friends
he still hangs out with the same crowd -
an association of criminals
police tried to break up the gang
a pack of thieves - tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
- an organized group of workmen
VERB
- act as an organized group
How To Use gang In A Sentence
- The Pepper Street gang, of which Jackie was the acknowledged leader, was not a gang of drug-selling hoods.
- The warden of prisons was contacted for information on the convict's behavior on the chain gang, or in a few cases on the State Farm.
- Police believe a gang of up to five men were responsible for a raid on a Melksham store in which hundreds of pounds were stolen from an unlocked office.
- Sharp may have been the victim of a gangland revenge killing.
- The money is commonly laundered via cash deposits to friends or family members' bank accounts and is quickly withdrawn to be paid to the gang leaders. Times, Sunday Times
- This is deemed necessary to contain gang warfare and political protests. Times, Sunday Times
- The gang escaped with a haul worth hundreds of pounds.
- The police had planted a spy in the gang.
- not far from the former site of Five Points, the immigrant neighborhood showcased in the Martin Scorsese's film "Gangs of New York.
- In its favour, there is some genuine tension in the car chase sequences, and the marauding gangs of children seem not only authentic but realistically threatening.