Words / B1

GANG/ɡæŋ/

A gang is a group that commits crime together: a county-lines gang; gang violence. It can also mean a group of workers (a gang of contractors). Group is the neutral twin; crew is informal. Do not call a study group a gang. UK crime news uses gang without extra explanation.

Meaning

A group of people who do crime together; also a group of workers.

Examples

• “Police said a county-lines gang was using the station car park.”
• “A gang of roofers finished the school hall in a week, which is the work sense.”

Good to know

a crime / county-lines gang. Work: a gang of + workers. Neutral: a group. Informal: a crew. Not a revision club.

Near in meaning

group

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