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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
Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Despite Luna establishing the Office of Constitutional Policing to root out deputy gangs, the county inspector general argued earlier this year that LASD had made no systemic effort to identify gang members within its ranks or investigate group misconduct.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
In the current funding lapse — which is already longer than most previous government shutdowns — those gangs are nowhere to be found.
—Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
However, Hamas members have also waged deadly shootouts with Palestinian clans, which are essentially armed gangs.
—NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
What To Know The newest threat follows reports of fresh violence in Gaza as Hamas cracks down on gangs in the territory.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
During this time, neo-Nazi gangs grew visible at concerts, football matches and in public squares.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
The announcement came after the Washington Examiner first reported the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) uncovered gangs in Chicago were offered up to $50,000 to assassinate high-ranking ICE officials.
—Sophia Compton , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
And the reason why Illinois is a different case from Chicago is because Chicago has been given over to lawlessness and gangs for too long, George.
—ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
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Some cultural differences slipped through their eyes, and New York gangs sometimes spoke like poets.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Despite Luna establishing the Office of Constitutional Policing to root out deputy gangs, the county inspector general argued earlier this year that LASD had made no systemic effort to identify gang members within its ranks or investigate group misconduct.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
In the current funding lapse — which is already longer than most previous government shutdowns — those gangs are nowhere to be found.
—Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
However, Hamas members have also waged deadly shootouts with Palestinian clans, which are essentially armed gangs.
—NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
What To Know The newest threat follows reports of fresh violence in Gaza as Hamas cracks down on gangs in the territory.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
During this time, neo-Nazi gangs grew visible at concerts, football matches and in public squares.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
The announcement came after the Washington Examiner first reported the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) uncovered gangs in Chicago were offered up to $50,000 to assassinate high-ranking ICE officials.
—Sophia Compton , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
And the reason why Illinois is a different case from Chicago is because Chicago has been given over to lawlessness and gangs for too long, George.
—ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gangs
Noun
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The club has taken advantage of several of the league’s biggest teams, including Malmö, underperforming and all beating each other, Lund pointed out.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Surprisingly, both teams went into halftime with a one-score game, as the Texans were able to convert on two field goals before the second quarter clock hit zero to make it 14-6.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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There’s been a misguided assertion that what’s happening with ICE is only a Latino issue, but ICE’s bombardment of both Black and Brown communities in Chicago demonstrates otherwise.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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Deep in the Amish and Mennonite communities of Ohio and Indiana, the dessert menu at Das Dutchman Essenhaus, a hospitable chain of family-style restaurants, features a pecan pie of grand design.—
Pervaiz Shallwani,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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After crunching the numbers to exclude armies of data-scraping AI bots, the Wikimedia Foundation says that between March and August this year, the number of Wikipedia page views coming from real humans declined by 8% year-on-year.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Oct. 2025
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And, while large-scale armies were attacking one another with a vast arsenal of technological advancements, De Stijl architects and theorists were observing great opportunities for a better world based on this massive scale and these new technologies.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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Nearly 75% of opening weekend crowds were males, while 50% were under the age of 25 years old.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
26 Oct. 2025
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However, the aforementioned lists also include several teams that consistently draw big crowds, including the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says Indonesia is a major drug smuggling hub despite having some of the strictest drug laws in the world, in part because international drug syndicates target its young population.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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In the 2000s and 2010s, small funds and angel syndicates thrived.—
Roman Axelrod,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The storm’s intensity has made these flights especially dangerous, as crews have encountered severe turbulence within the hurricane’s eyewall.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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On November 8, crews will carefully raise it into place on Center Plaza.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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These internal cliques, or deputy gangs, which have been tied to specific LASD precincts, have names like the Banditos, the Grim Reapers, and the Regulators.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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At the Dallas Street property, small cliques of armed men, mostly Venezuelans and Mexicans, fought an ongoing turf war.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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In classical antiquity, the mountainous region was notorious for bandits; in modern times, blood feuds among clans were rife.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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But Gaza is home to numerous clans and militant groups, with score-settling and criminality posing a threat to order in the Palestinian enclave, even after the ceasefire.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Gangs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangs. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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