[ UK /ɡˈæŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡæŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. an informal body of friends
    he still hangs out with the same crowd
  2. an association of criminals
    police tried to break up the gang
    a pack of thieves
  3. tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
  4. an organized group of workmen
VERB
  1. act as an organized group
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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.
  • 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  • The money is commonly laundered via cash deposits to friends or family members' bank accounts and is quickly withdrawn to be paid to the gang leaders.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.
  • The gang had taken advantage of the immigrants' vulnerability.
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