gang
/ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ/ verb C2- To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.
He/she/it gangs · Past ganged · Past participle ganged · -ing form ganging
Verb forms
- Base form
- gang
- He/she/it
- gangs
- Past
- ganged
- Past participle
- ganged
- -ing form
- ganging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“They have secured the whole gang with the exception of him.
A gang of burglars acting in the country might be expected to vary the scene of their operations, and not to crack two cribs in the same district within a few days.
In three days—that is to say, on Monday next—matters will be ripe, and the Professor, with all the principal members of his gang, will be in the hands of the police.
Tell Inspector Patterson that the papers which he needs to convict the gang are in pigeonhole M., done up in a blue envelope and inscribed ‘Moriarty.’ I made every disposition of my property before leaving England, and handed it to my brother Mycroft.
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