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Plural for a group of people crowded together
“He recalled the last time he had spent more than ten minutes in the company of a gang of happy, healthy children.”
Plural for a group of people engaged in a shared enterprise, sometimes unlawful in nature
“All of this plays right into the hands of the gang of oil barons.”
Plural for an organized group of people engaged in work or a specific activity
“For the next six months, he and a gang of voluntary workers worked night after night to transform the vacant site into the first Celtic Park.”
Plural for the supporters of a particular party or doctrine regarded collectively
“We cannot but conclude that it lacks both the strength and the courage to satisfy the most justified and rational demands of 200 farmers without first obtaining the consent of the Liberal gang.”
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