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gang

Definition for gang

noun as in group, mob of people

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Basheer, who grew up in the San Fernando Valley, knew this from personal experience, having briefly gotten involved with gangs.

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They face major challenges in cleaning up more than 100 derelict buildings, many plagued by rubbish and open sewage, some of which have been taken over by criminal gangs.

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The country's overcrowded prisons have been the scene of a series of deadly riots and gang fights in which hundreds of inmates have been killed in recent years.

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He spent nearly 10 years on the FBI's Most Wanted list and was a leader of two separate gangs in two distinct periods of cyber-crime history.

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He vowed to deport gang members and criminals, and instead it’s his federal agents who are marauding through the streets.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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