gang

/ɡæŋ/
noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  1. 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.