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# gang

«gang» in Mova's school dictionary: **a group of friends who spend time together** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a gang, gangs); verb (gang up, gangs up, ganged up, ganging up)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A gang is a group of friends who spend time together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gang/#m1)

2) A gang is a group of criminals or of young people who cause trouble or fights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gang/#m2)

3) A gang is a group of workers doing a job together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gang/#m3)

4) To gang up on someone is to join together against one person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gang/#m4)

5) In Scottish speech, gang means to go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gang/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a friendly gang of children has adventures; in safety lessons pupils learn about dangerous gangs and how to say no; in friendship lessons, ganging up on someone is a kind of bullying. Phrases: «a gang of friends», «gang up on», «the whole gang», «a criminal gang».

### examples

- The whole gang came to my birthday party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gang/#x1)
- A gang of robbers stole the jewels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gang/#x2)
- It's not fair to gang up on one person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gang/#x3)
- The gang built a den in the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gang/#x4)
- A gang of workers repaired the railway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gang/#x5)
- The police arrested the gang leader. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gang/#x6)
- If older kids pressure you to join a gang, tell a trusted adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gang/#x7)

### note

Countable. A group noun: «the gang is» or «the gang are» (UK). The friendly meaning and the criminal meaning are very different; look at the story to decide. Ganging up is bullying.

### In the corpora

- [Lily simply refused to join the «our street» gang: her best friend lives on Station Road.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/382-our-street-against-theirs/8/)
- [Refusing to join a gang is allowed, and it is often the bravest choice in the group.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/382-our-street-against-theirs/20/)
- [A gang name can make someone feel important, but it does not make them safer or more respected by people who matter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/383-street-gangs-and-loyalty/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gang» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gang/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.