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gangs

  • plural
    of gang.
    gang
    noun
    a group or band.

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A spate of heists at French museums -- including at the Louvre -- has highlighted inadequate security in some cases and led to questions about whether criminal gangs see them as soft targets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

That’s thanks to a climactic moment in “The Outsiders” musical in which real water falls from the rafters as teen gangs brawl in a fight filled with rain, mud and stage blood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

El Issaoui reeled off the names of multiple gangs which he said were dotted across the borough.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Spanish gangs operate many of the speedboats moving shipments north to Spain in the Strait of Gibraltar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The younger ones admired the older boys who strutted about so tough, and they jostled with their playmates for a chance to run errands for the gangs of young men they looked up to.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield