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   Gang

   /ɡaNG/

   

   noun

   • 1. an organized group of criminals: "a gang of bank robbers"
   • ▪ a group of young people involved in petty crime or violence: "three men were attacked by a gang of youths"
   • ▪ a group of people, especially young people, who regularly associate together. informal Similar bandgroupcrowdpackhordethrongmobherdswarmmultitudemassbodytroopdroveclustercompanygatheringassemblageassemblyinformal:possebunchgaggleloadcirclesocial circlesocial setgroup of friendscliquein-crowdcoterielotringclanclubleaguefactioncabalfraternitysororitybrotherhoodsisterhoodinformal:crewpossesquadrare:sodalityconfraternity
   • ▪ an organized group of people doing manual work: "ninety days of hard labor on the road gang" Similar squadteamtroopshiftdetachmentpossetroupeworking party
   • 2. a set of switches, sockets, or other electrical or mechanical devices grouped together: "the machine had a gang of cutter chains on a swiveling head"

   verb

   • 1. (of a number of people) form a group or gang: "the smaller supermarket chains are ganging together to beat the big boys"
   • ▪ (of a number of people) join together, typically in order to intimidate someone: "he is being unfairly ganged up on"
   • 2. arrange (electrical devices or machines) together to work in coordination: "adjacent faders can be ganged for common manipulation"

   Word Origin Old English, from Old Norse gangr, ganga ‘gait, course, going’, of Germanic origin; related to gang2. The original meaning was ‘going, a journey’, later in Middle English ‘a way’, also ‘set of things or people which go together’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   • A

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   • N

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   • G

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