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gang

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Related topics: Crime, Youth
gang1 /ɡæŋ/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC]  
1  SCCSSY
a) a group of young people who spend time together, and who are often involved in crime or drugs and who often fight against other groups 一帮年轻人，帮派〔尤指犯罪团伙〕
 two rival street gangs
两个敌对的街头流氓团伙
gang member/member of a gang
 The parents have denied that their son is a gang member.
那对父母否认自己的儿子是流氓团伙的成员。
 the problem of inner-city gang violence
老城区的团伙暴力问题
 a victim of gang warfare
帮派斗争的受害者
b) a group of young people together in one place, especially young people who might cause trouble 一帮，一群〔尤指可能肇事的年轻人〕
gang of
 There were always gangs of kids hanging around the mall.
购物中心一带总有一帮帮的年轻人在游荡。
► see thesaurus at group
2  SCCa group of criminals who work together 黑帮，〔犯罪分子的〕一帮，一伙
 Several gangs were operating in the area.
有好几个犯罪团伙在这个地区活动。
 Armed gangs have hijacked lorries.
武装犯罪团伙劫持了卡车。
gang of
 a gang of smugglers
一个走私团伙
3  informalFRIEND a group of friends, especially young people 一群朋友〔尤指年轻人〕
 The whole gang will be there next weekend.
下个周末大伙儿都会去那里。
4. GROUP OF PEOPLEa group of workers or prisoners doing physical work together 〔一起干活的〕一群工人，一群囚犯
→ chain gang
n COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + gang
a criminal gang
He had links with drug smuggling and criminal gangs.
an armed gang (=with guns)
An armed gang stole jewels worth more than five million pounds.
a rival gang
Fighting between rival gangs left dozens of people injured.
a street gang (=which spends a lot of time on the streets)
He belonged to a notorious street gang which terrorized a Chicago suburb.
a teenage/youth gang
At age nine, Pedro joined one of the youth gangs in his neighborhood, just to survive.
gang + NOUN
a gang member/a member of a gang
Gang members are thought to be responsible for up to 20% of murders in the city.
a gang leader
Gang leaders used cellphones to order the attacks.
gang violence
Residents say that gang violence is common.
gang warfare (=fighting between gangs)
Gang warfare is wrecking the neighborhood.
gang crime (=crime committed by gangs)
The initiative aims to cut gang crime in Los Angeles.
gang activity
In most areas, gun crime is linked to gang activity.
verbs
join a gang
He was only eight when he joined the gang.
belong to a gang
Eleven men belonging to a local gang were arrested.
Examples from the Corpus
gang• There are always gangs of kids hanging around the shopping mall.• Police say an armed gang stole nearly $1.9 million in a bank robbery over the weekend.• This is the guy who, in the first half, was moving as gracefully and quickly as an Alabama chain gang.• Jesse Wood, 15, was kicked and slashed by a drunken gang at Richmond, London, last Christmas.• Inner-city kids often join gangs for protection, and for the chance to make money by selling drugs.• It is not just gang members who get into trouble - it's middle-class and upper-class kids as well.• a motorcycle gang• But he was really his own gang.• Police believe it was taken by a professional gang of at least four, stealing to order.• Fighting broke out between two rival gangs.• If it was a member of Connelly's gang it made no sense, yet who else would know about the shipment?• Several gang members have been questioned about the shooting.• She went with Sarah and Jacquie and the gang.• Detectives yesterday carried out house-to-house enquiries in the hope of tracking the gang.• Warning: gangs of pickpockets operate in this area.
street gangs• They asked: were there really no girls in youth cultures and street gangs or had sociological accounts made them invisible?• A pattern of trouble quickly came to be associated with the street gangs.
gang2 verb  
1 gang together phrasal verbphr v if people gang together, they form a group in order to do something together, especially to oppose something 〔尤为反对某事〕联合起来
 The smaller shopkeepers ganged together to beat off competition from the supermarkets.
规模较小的店家联合起来对抗超市的竞争。
Examples from the Corpus
gang together• People would gang together to destroy him.
2 gang up on/against somebody phrasal verbphr v CRUELif people gang up on someone, they join together to attack, criticize, or oppose them, especially in a way that seems unfair 合伙对付
 Schoolchildren are quick to gang up on anyone who looks or behaves differently.
小学里谁要是外表或者行为与众不同，其他学生很快就会群起而攻之。
Examples from the Corpus
gang up on/against • Baboons will gang up on a leopard in a similar way, although this is a risky venture.• Schoolboys are very conventional and quick to gang up on any boy who in behaviour or dress does not conform.• The Harpies are vicious, hungry creatures who will gang up on any isolated individual.• You can choose which individual member fights the monster, but forget about ganging up on him.• Fancy that lot ganging up on me.• Now, however, there are worrying signs that the two biggest firms are ganging up on the rest.• They're all ganging up on you, the banks, the tax people - and you've got to survive.• Sometimes friends gang up on you.
Examples from the Corpus
gang• Why did genes choose to gang up and make large bodies for themselves to live in?• First then, why did genes gang up in cells?• Now, however, there are worrying signs that the two biggest firms are ganging up on the rest.• All your recurrent fears of the world ganging up on you came to the surface, and you ran away.• Sometimes friends gang up on you.
Origin gang1
Old English “way, journey”; the modern meaning comes from the idea of a group of people "going" together
gang1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1gang2 verb
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