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as in teams
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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as in communities
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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as in Mafias
a group involved in secret or criminal activities
politicians promising to stop the growth of inner-city gangs
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Recent Examples of gangs
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
The Department of Homeland Security contends the officers should be allowed to mask to protect themselves from online doxxing and targeting by gangs.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Minister James Bowers, who has previously run for the Charlotte City Council, said people feel unsafe because of things like gangs and youth violence, and because of a lack of feeling protected by police and leaders.
—Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
The roots of anti-fascist activism can be traced to a period just after World War I when German and Italian leftists came together and fought against fascist gangs.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Home invasions, vicious biker gangs and a rag-tag task force looking for a group of thieves after a young child goes missing.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Each week, a group of students participates in a discussion covering topics like conflict resolution, violence and gangs.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
For at least three years, Haiti's capital city of Port-au-Prince has been overrun by armed gangs, and political turmoil has extended into many of the Caribbean nation's villages and towns.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
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Roads once blocked by gangs have now free-flowing traffic.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for gangs
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There are many other costs besides player salaries, but the league’s financial model is clearly pointed toward limiting expenditure and making teams profitable.—
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For the first time there will be 48 teams taking part.—
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In early January 2025, the Bureau of Land Management website explained the communities are in an area that climate change is rendering uninhabitable, mentioning climate eight times.—
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CDFIs are private lenders which help underserved communities access loans and financial services that traditional banks often don’t provide.—
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Viewing this as a decisive victory, Louverture and his troops, among whom was eventually Christophe, joined forces with the French to defeat the armies of both England and Spain.—
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In this soft dystopia, our military forces will not be destroyed in a cataclysmic confrontation with the armies of Communism, as befell Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.—
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National parks appear to have weathed summer crowds despite staffing cuts, but fall remains uncertain.—
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In Los Angeles this summer, officers used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds during several nights of demonstrations.—
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The franchise sees Rambo — haunted by his time at war but equipped with superior military skills — using his expertise against corrupt police officers, crime syndicates, and enemy troops.—
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Behind these scams, according to the Commission's findings, Chinese crime syndicates have aligned themselves with Beijing's geopolitical agenda.—
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Maintenance crews discovered them during a routine post-flight inspection of the plane after arriving from New York.—
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Chapel building a ‘total loss’ Search crews have cleared the charred debris, and authorities’ attention have turned toward the investigation.—
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At the Dallas Street property, small cliques of armed men, mostly Venezuelans and Mexicans, fought an ongoing turf war.—
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And there's hierarchy and cliques and clubs and all these different things.—
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Yet the unit also targets dissenters and those, including various clans, some backed by Israel, that dare to defy Hamas’s rule.—
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His death effectively ended the O’More as one of the major Irish clans.—
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“Gangs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangs. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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