street gang

collocation in English

meaningsofstreetandgang

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street
noun[C]
uk
/striːt/us
/striːt/
a road in a city or town that has buildings that are usually close together along one or ...
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gang
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ɡæŋ/us
/ɡæŋ/
a group of young people, especially young men, who spend time together, often fighting with other groups and ...
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(Definition ofstreetandgangfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One finds the same language instreetgangbattles before a punch-up.
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All of them paid half-a-crown entrance fee and carried a membership card with the name of hisstreetgang.
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He told hisstreetgangthat he was leaving them and had some serious fights with them over it.
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Together, they fight the dinosaurs and their robotic masters, seeking help from astreetgang.
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He also spent time in different juvenile detention homes after joining astreetgangand becoming involved in petty crime.
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The goal of manystreetgangmembers is to gain the respect and protection that comes from being in a prison gang.
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As a result, thestreetgangproblem was nearly eradicated.
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The termstreetgangis commonly used interchangeably with youth gang, referring to neighborhood or street-based youth groups that meet gang criteria.
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Each of these associations was aligned with astreetgang.
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As kids, he and his brothers had to run with astreetgang.
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They were under the custody of astreetgang.
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Criminal investigation includesstreetgang, property crime, crime scene, and fraud units, an intelligence section and a crime analyst.
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He joins astreetgang, and undergoes a long history of criminal activities.
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He joined a gang when he was 12, describing it as a graffiti gang, which later turned into astreetgang.
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This was the first gang injunction to sue astreetgangas an unincorporated association.
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From the 1950s onward society noticed an increase instreetgangculture, random vandalism and graffiti.
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Not long after he was running with astreetgangand committing acts of petty crime.
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He soon starts a rivalry with thestreetgangwhen he drives them away from the supermarket that they were robbing and vandalizing.
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Ashenoff served time in prison after joining astreetgang.
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He was covering the opening of a small municipal playground and immediately following the ceremonies, astreetgangmoved in and claimed the area, chasing the children away.
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