gang

Example Sentences

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She said authorities wrongly labeled them as gang members, known here as malandros.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

As L.A. mayor, he brought down gang crime through a program that used former gang members to broker truces.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Prosecutors laid out the case in an indictment, unsealed Thursday morning, charging seven suspected members and associates of the gang, including Gonzalez, 59, with racketeering and other charges.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Most are human rights advocates who criticized the gang crackdown, journalists, union leaders or environmental activists, the report said.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

There was such a gang of them that I couldn’t do anything, I had to curl up.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques