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Gang

/ɡæŋ/
A group of people, often involved in illegal activities or who have a shared identity, operating together.

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Examples:

The gang planned to meet after school.He joined a youth gang in his teens.

Etymology:

etymology
The word gang originates from the Old English word gang, meaning a going, journey, or passage, and comes from the Proto-Germanic root *gangaz, meaning to go or to walk. Over time, it evolved to describe a group of people moving as a unit.

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