Synonyms for gang
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1. gang

   A conspiracy is a combination of persons for an evil purpose, or the act of so combining. Conspiracy is a distinct crime under common, and generally under statutory, law. A faction is more extensive than a conspiracy, less formal in organization, less definite in plan. Faction and its adjective, factious, have always an unfavorable sense. Cabal commonly denotes a conspiracy of leaders. A gang is a company of workmen all doing the same work under one leader; the word is used figuratively only of combinations which it is meant to stigmatize as rude and mercenary; crew is used in a closely similar sense. A conclave is secret, but of larger numbers, ordinarily, than a cabal, and may have honorable use; as, the conclave of cardinals.

   Synonyms:
   cabal, combination, conclave, confederacy, conspiracy, crew, faction, junto

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1. gang, pack, ring, mobnoun

   an association of criminals

   "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"

   Synonyms:
   mob, bunch, ringing, annulus, hoop, coterie, battalion, pack, gang, plurality, work party, ingroup, large number, anchor ring, crowd, rabble, halo, multitude, rout, family, clique, inner circle, crime syndicate, closed chain, camp, ring, doughnut, crew, tintinnabulation, band, face pack, syndicate

2. crowd, crew, gang, bunchnoun

   an informal body of friends

   "he still hangs out with the same crowd"

   Synonyms:
   crowd, clump, mob, pack, clustering, bunch, crew, ring, gang, cluster, lot, work party, caboodle

3. gang, crew, work partynoun

   an organized group of workmen

   Synonyms:
   crowd, mob, pack, bunch, crew, ring, gang, work party

4. gangverb

   tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together

   Synonyms:
   ring, crew, bunch, crowd, mob, work party, pack

5. gang, gang upverb

   act as an organized group

   Synonyms:
   gang, gang up

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1. gangnoun

   Synonyms:
   company, crew, band, horde, party, set, CLIQUE, COTERIE, CABAL

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1. gangnoun

   Synonyms:
   band, crew, company, group, crowd, set, squad, party, number, clique

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1. List of paraphrases for "gang":

   gangs, band, bunch, in-band, kang, ribbon, mob, strip, gang-related, guerrilla, motion, collective, posse, stripe

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1. Steve King:

   Will the other candidates on the stage take it as an opportunity to gang up on Ted Cruz? it's quite a possibility.

2. Michael Stark:

   After the jury finds him not guilty, which I’m certain it will, I’m concerned about him after he returns to Georgia, the gang has a national reach. So we’d like to help him relocate.

3. Attorney General Bill Barr:

   Some people would probably disagree with what I told him, but I did lay a lot of it on gang activity, my basic take was that this was not civil unrest or the product of some festering injustice. This was gang activity, basically opportunistic.

4. Detectives James Essig:

   There's just one common theme, I want to get out there, that's a recurring theme that keeps happening, and it has to stop throughout the city, that's gang members; that's guns, multiple guns on the scene, scooters being used, masks; and lastly, unintended targets getting hit. This is unacceptable on our streets in New York City, and it has to stop.

5. Erika Shields:

   The reality of it is, we are dealing with very difficult gang issue in this city, many of our gang members go to these schools.