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noun

ˈgaŋ How to pronounce gang (audio)
Definition of gangnext
1
as in team
a group of people working together on a task a gang of neighborhood residents spent the weekend cleaning up the park

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2
as in clique
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially the whole gang went out for pizza the school's computer hackers had their own little gang

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3
as in Mafia
a group involved in secret or criminal activities politicians promising to stop the growth of inner-city gangs

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gang

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verb

as in to group

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Recent Examples of gang
Noun
The 27-year-old actress and comedian plays Issa, the delightfully confident and outrageously funny member of the core Adults gang. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026 Joining the gang this time around is Seth Green, Alicia Silverstone and Tim Blake Nelson, among others. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
Above all, the event serves as a venue for face-to-face connections among collectors – a place to gang together for wrist shots – that will be extra intense this year due to pent up desire after missing a year because of Covid. — Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021 For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter. — Vedika Sud, CNN, 19 Mar. 2020 See All Example Sentences for gang
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gang
  1. team
  2. clique
  3. Mafia
  4. group
  5. crew
  6. crowd
  7. syndicate
  8. club
Noun
  • To get to bowl eligibility, Belichick’s team was going to need to pull at least one upset.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Conner joined the team on Monday and Bennett on Wednesday, in large part because injuries had left Miami short-handed at tight end and running back.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of team
Noun
  • The players air their grievances, which are essentially a pile of petty conflicts and resentments that, as Alice warned, can be traced back to the team fracturing into cliques.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Amid the crushes, cliques, and teenage angst, two sisters set out to define themselves on their own terms.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of clique
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the Mob Museum reported, Mafia violence was also on the rise in Vegas during the 70s.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Expanding on sounds pioneered by his Memphis predecessors, such as Three 6 Mafia and 8Ball & MJG, Tay Keith carved his own lane.
    — DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 20 June 2026
Definition of Mafia
Verb
  • According to testimony by Leah Barros on behalf of the California Hospital Association, the bill would group private detention facilities with licensed behavioral health facilities already governed by strict state guidelines.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The Governors no longer are grouped with Class 5A sectional nemesis Merrillville, which has ended each of their past three seasons.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of group
Noun
  • The two girls were falsely listed as recruits for the university’s crew team, even though neither ever participated in the sport.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • At this late juncture in the season, the instability of the Akira One’s revolving-door crew is taking its toll.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of crew
Noun
  • Hvar banned its circuit of thumping DJ parties in 2024 in an effort to rebrand itself, but August’s high tourist season in Hvar Town still draws heavy crowds.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
  • So too the buzz around the event last year and this, with first-round matches in 2025 attracting large and engrossed crowds.
    — James Hansen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of crowd
Noun
  • When he's appointed interim sheriff of a tiny Minnesota town, Ulysses Richardson intervenes in a botched bank robbery, discovering a stash of gold and heavy weapons that belong to a Yakuza crime syndicate.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
  • No, this a league run by an elite, backroom syndicate where real power-brokers hatch blockbuster moves long before any transaction window officially opens.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of syndicate
Verb
  • Then in the seventh, Chisholm clubbed a two-run home run that served as the dagger.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Four players hit a home run, including rookie Luis Lara, who clubbed his first long ball as part of a 3-for-6 evening.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
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