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/ɡɑ̃ɡ/
Translation
gang
Word origin
Borrowed from English 'gang' in the twentieth century, largely through American crime films. The English word goes back to Old English gang ('a going, a journey'), which came to mean a set of people going together.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- gang
- English cognates
- gang, gangway
Grammar
Examples
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The police arrested three members of the gang.
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The film tells the story of a Chicago gang.
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A gang of thieves was operating in the neighbourhood.
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He left the gang at twenty.
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The two gangs were fighting over the same street.
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