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gang
  1. (now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
  2. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
  3. A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
  4. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
  5. (US) A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
  6. A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit, or a group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
  7. (US) A chain gang.
  8. A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
  9. A set; all required for an outfit.
  10. (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
  11. (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
  12. (mining) The mineral substance which encloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
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  14. Examples:
    1. “He recalled the last time he had spent more than ten minutes in the company of a gang of happy, healthy children.”
      “All of this plays right into the hands of the gang of oil barons.”
      “For the next six months, he and a gang of voluntary workers worked night after night to transform the vacant site into the first Celtic Park.”
ganger
  1. (chiefly Scotland) One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
  2. One who oversees a gang of workmen.
  3. (coal-mining) One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
  4. (nautical) A length of chain, one end of which is fastened to an anchor when let go, when the other end is fastened to a hawser.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “In his younger years, he worked for Roscommon County Council where he held position as ganger.”
      “He is quite sympathetic, even though he's a press ganger when first we meet him.”
      “In the later years he worked as ganger with the Mayo Co. Council, Belmullet.”
gangster
  1. A member of a criminal or street gang.
  2. A member of a professional criminal organization; a racketeer.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Because a gangster once saved his life, he now does hits for the mob, only communicating by carrier pigeon.”
      “One may jib, like George Orwell, at Greene's belief that a brutally stupid gangster is capable of intellectual subtlety.”
      “He said you could appreciate directors who worked in gangster films, war films, westerns, etc.”
ganging
  1. (fishing) A leader used to attach a fishhook to the main line, especially in commercial fishing.
gangsploitation
gangsterism
  1. The behavior of a gangster; organized crime
  2. Examples:
    1. “Crime and gangsterism became a way of life for many youths and young adults.”
      “He intends to form of an interstate task group to tackle the emerging gangsterism that deals in drugs, prostitution and cross border scams.”
      “This is a counterrevolutionary organization, with a long history of gangsterism and thuggery against any and all left-wing political opponents.”
ganglord
  1. The leader of a criminal gang.
gangsterness
  1. The state, quality, or condition of being a gangster
gangstership
  1. The state or official status of a gangster
  2. Examples:
    1. “Lean hard on his promises and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you as to whether, when and how to renounce your gangstership.”
gangsterhood
  1. The state or period of being a gangster.
gangstress
gangsteress
gangsterdom
  1. The realm or sphere of gangsters.
gangmate
  1. A member of the same gang.
gangling
  1. (nonce word, nonstandard) A member of a gang.
gangsterdoms
  1. plural of gangsterdom
gangsterisms
  1. plural of gangsterism
ganglords
  1. plural of ganglord
gangmates
  1. plural of gangmate
gangsters
  1. plural of gangster
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The truck drivers also have to face gangsters who are allied with the military.”
      “Another favourite for Win was a ceremony in the theme of Chicago gangsters, the men in black shirts and white ties and carrying violin cases.”
      “Millionaires mixed with musicians, politicians rubbed shoulders with gangsters.”
gangings
  1. plural of ganging
gangers
  1. plural of ganger
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Although conditions were hard on the gangers, there was no slowing down during the extremely hot summer months.”
      “The navvies were organised under gangers, men who organised the gangs of labourers.”
      “Next to it there was a basketball game in progress composed mostly of gangers.”
gangs
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