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/ɡˈæŋ/
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[ US /ˈɡæŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡæŋ/ ]
NOUN
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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 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.
- The Pepper Street gang, of which Jackie was the acknowledged leader, was not a gang of drug-selling hoods.
- ALLAHABAD - As the country marked the first anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks, hundreds of people in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district turned up at the bank of the Ganga Thursday to witness the "hanging" of terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
- 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- The money is commonly laundered via cash deposits to friends or family members' bank accounts and is quickly withdrawn to be paid to the gang leaders.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.
