gang
/ɡæŋ/
noun
- A group of people who spend time together, often for social or criminal purposes.
- He joined a gang when he was young but later left to start a new life.
- A gang of kids played basketball in the park every afternoon.
- The police are working to reduce gang violence in the city.
- A group of workers who do physical work together.
- A gang of road workers repaired the highway all week.
- Each gang of laborers had a foreman who assigned tasks.
- The construction gang finished the bridge ahead of schedule.
verb
- To form or join a group to act together, often against someone.
- The older kids ganged up on the new student in the playground.
- Several smaller companies ganged together to compete with the big corporation.
- They ganged up to clean the entire neighborhood in one day.