gang hook

Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said the decline was a result of an effort to decrease gang violence.

Only then did I own that by hook or by crook—and mostly by crook, I was forced to suspect—they had purposely given me the slip.

His face was hidden beneath a beard of bristling, bushy red, and he had a sharp hook nose and small, bright eyes.

When Michael needed fresh supplies, he was not long in gathering a gang of harpies about him.

The sailors tried to catch some with a hook and line, and were fortunate enough to succeed.

I like sus-sus-pen-sheen bridges that fly from bank to bank, with one big step, like a gang-plank.