gangs (noun)

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• chain gang — noun a gang of convicts chained together • Hypernyms: ↑gang, ↑crew, ↑work party * * * noun 1. : a gang of convicts chained together especially as an outside working party 2. slang : one of two or more railroad train crews ta …   Useful english dictionary

• turf war — noun a bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights a turf war erupted between street gangs the president s resignation was the result of a turf war with the board of directors • Hypernyms: ↑conflict, ↑struggle, ↑battle * * * turf… …   Useful english dictionary

• gang — noun 1 group of criminals ADJECTIVE ▪ street ▪ a street gang known as the Hooligans ▪ local ▪ armed, masked ▪ The robbery …   Collocations dictionary

• gang war — noun or gang warfare : feuding between gangs; especially : feuding between groups of gangsters * * * gang war, a fight between two or more gangs, usually for the control of a district or territory …   Useful english dictionary

• tit for tat — noun an equivalent given in return • Hypernyms: ↑return, ↑paying back, ↑getting even * * * n blow for blow, retaliation, revenge, requital, reprisal, measure for measure, counterblow, counterbuff, countercharge FORMAL quid pro quo,lex talionis …   Useful english dictionary

• zip gun — noun a crude homemade pistol • Hypernyms: ↑pistol, ↑handgun, ↑side arm, ↑shooting iron * * * noun : a homemade gun that is constructed from a toy pistol or length of pipe, has a firing pin usually powered by a rubber band, and fires a .22 caliber …   Useful english dictionary

• street — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad, wide ▪ narrow ▪ bustling, busy, congested, crowded ▪ pedestrian …   Collocations dictionary

• gangbuster — noun Date: 1940 one engaged in the aggressive breakup of organized criminal gangs …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• skinhead — noun Date: circa 1953 1. a person whose hair is cut very short 2. a usually white male belonging to any of various sometimes violent youth gangs whose members have close shaven hair and often espouse white supremacist beliefs …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Scarlem — noun An area in east Toronto, Canada, with certain poor neighbourhoods and youth gangs, loosely compared with Harlem in New York …   Wiktionary

• cybergang — noun A criminal gang that operates in cyberspace. ...Knights of Access was one of the worlds premiere cybergangs but they never did anything harmful to civilians. They fought hacking battles with other gangs and cracked corporate and government… …   Wiktionary