Gang Members ɡæŋ Criminal Group Extra Examples Carried

• criminal gangs
• a four-man gang carried out the robbery.
• a gang of thieves
• several gang members have been arrested.

gang

1. an organized group of criminals
• criminal gangs
• A four-man gang carried out the robbery.
• a gang of thieves
• Several gang members have been arrested.

Extra Examples

• The robbery was carried out by an armed gang.
• He was accused of having links with drug smuggling and criminal gangs.
• criminal gang members and drug dealers
2. a group of young people who spend a lot of time together and often cause trouble or fight against other groups
• to join a gang
• a street gang
• the growing war between rival gangs
• a gang of youths
• We were all in the same gang.
• Many gang members are just children.
• Al the local boys are members of gangs.
• gang warfare

Extra Examples

• A lot of the lads belong to gangs.
• Fights had ensued between rival gangs of football fans.
• He forced me to join his gang.
• Her cousin was killed in a gang fight when he was only 16.
• a gang of skinheads
• a tale of LA gang life
3. a group of friends who meet regularly
• The whole gang will be there.

Extra Examples

• Her friends made me feel welcome and treated me as one of the gang.
• I go out with a gang of friends most Saturdays.
• We go skiing every year with the same gang.
4. an organized group of workers or prisoners doing work together
• SEE ALSO chain gang
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/chain-gang

Extra Examples

• a prison/work gang
• The work was done by convicts working in gangs.
• The gang leader usually agrees a rate with the site manager.

Word Origin

• Old English, from Old Norse gangr, ganga ‘gait, course, going’, of Germanic origin; related to Scottish gang ‘go’. The original meaning was ‘going, a journey’, later in Middle English ‘a way’, also ‘set of things or people which go together’.