Gang vs. Mafia

Gangverb

To go; walk; proceed.

Gangverb

(intransitive) To band together as a group or gang.

Gangverb

(transitive) to attach similar items together to form a larger unit.

Gangverb

: to have sex with a single partner as a gang.

Gangnoun

A going, journey; a course, path, track.

Gangnoun

(obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Gangnoun

A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.

Gangnoun

A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.

Gangnoun

A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.

Gangnoun

A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.

Gangnoun

A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.

Gangnoun

(US) A chain gang.

Gangnoun

A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.

Gangnoun

A set; all required for an outfit.

Gangnoun

(electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.

Gangnoun

(electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.

Gangverb

To go; to walk.

Gangnoun

A going; a course.

Gangnoun

A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.

Gangnoun

A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.

Gangnoun

A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.

Gangnoun

The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.

Gangnoun

A group of teenagers or young adults forming a more or less formalized group associating for social purposes, in some cases requiring initiation rites to join; as, a teen gang; a youth gang; a street gang.

Gangnoun

A group of persons organized for criminal purposes; a criminal organization; as, the Parker gang.

Gangnoun

an association of criminals;

Gangnoun

an informal body of friends;

Gangnoun

an organized group of workmen

Gangnoun

tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together

Gangverb

act as an organized group

Gang

A gang is a group or society of associates, friends or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collectively, in illegal, and possibly violent, behavior. Gangs arose in America by the middle of the nineteenth century and were a concern for city leaders from the time they appeared.

Mafianoun

A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.

Mafianoun

A crime syndicate.

Mafianoun

A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.

Mafianoun

An entity which attempts to control a specified arena.

Mafianoun

see maffia, maffioso.

Mafianoun

a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia

Mafianoun

a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century

Mafianoun

any tightly knit group of trusted associates

Mafia

A mafia is a type of organized crime syndicate whose primary activities are protection racketeering, arbitrating disputes between criminals, and brokering and enforcing illegal agreements and transactions. Mafias often engage in secondary activities such as gambling, loan sharking, drug-trafficking, prostitution, and fraud.