crew

noun

ˈkrü How to pronounce crew (audio)
Definition of crewnext
1
as in gang
a group involved in secret or criminal activities when one boy turned informant, the police were able to nab the drug kingpin and the rest of his crew

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2
as in team
a group of people working together on a task we'll need the whole crew to stay late tomorrow

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Recent Examples of crew Davis is accused of orchestrating the murder by allegedly giving his crew the order to open fire on Shakur and Knight in retaliation for a fight earlier that night. — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 But the performance was cancelled—word around town was that crews had to reinforce the amphitheatre’s stage to bear the weight of a bulletproof barrier for the President to speak behind. — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 At the same time, the pilot shortage forced major airlines to pull flight crews out of regional partners to fill cockpits on their high-margin international and transcontinental routes. — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Together, the technologies position DEEP Robotics’ robots as remote sensing and intervention platforms designed to give emergency crews a clearer view of dangerous environments while reducing the need for humans to enter them first. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crew
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crew
  1. gang
  2. team
  3. Mafia
  4. army
  5. syndicate
  6. platoon
  7. network
  8. company
Noun
  • In late March, a gang used a tractor to batter down a fence before two masked burglars broke into the Magnani Rocca Foundation, a private museum about 12 miles from the northern Italian city of Parma.
    — Willem Marx, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Others also said Knight was associated with the gang, including Davis and Devonta Lee, a Crip who testified before the grand jury in Davis’ case in 2023.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of gang
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  • Training camp has already offered clues, considering Epps has played the preponderance of first-team snaps in nickel.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Collaborating with Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic, the team has developed high-definition panels combined with physical characters.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of team
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
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  • Wars cannot be fought on ideology alone – a truism that perhaps led to the firebrand former defense minister’s departure, after months of clashes and refusing to deal with the army top brass, as Zelensky describes it.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • And because intelligence exists in isolated fragments across different systems, companies end up deploying armies of employees whose primary, manual job is just interpretation.
    — Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of army
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  • 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
  • Informal mining is a deep problem in South Africa and is connected to criminal syndicates, according to authorities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of syndicate
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  • In 2004, Weaver's platoon was caught in a firefight in an Afghan village.
    — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • With his ability to hit left-handed pitching, the Mets saw a role for him as a platoon DH.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of platoon
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  • One of the biggest inefficiencies keeping electricity costs high lies in the distribution network itself, Manga said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Bezos, who stepped down as CEO five years ago, pledged in 2013 to build a network of drones to deliver small packages in 30 minutes or less.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of network
Noun
  • Removing them from the list means that insurance companies ultimately may not pay for these two vaccines that are obviously still needed, in view of the data above.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • After the notice of rescission was sent, Teefey allegedly contacted Bespoke’s representatives suggesting that investors should not file a suit claiming the company had an escrow account to return the investments, this week’s lawsuit says.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of company

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