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gang
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thumb|A Street fighting|street level rumble of Apache gang members battling Parisian Police officers en masse on 14 August 1904 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, with such behavior often constituting a form of organized crime.
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- Subclass of
- criminal organization
- Part of
- organized crime
- Has part
- brigand
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- Category:Gangs
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- Gangs (organized crime)
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29 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Types
- Mafia
- Narco
- Street
- Law enforcement
- Biker
- Prison
- Punk
- Vigilante
- Structure
- Membership
- Non-member women
- <span class="anchor" id="Initiation"></span> Initiation
- Training
- Typical activities
- Violence
- Schools
- Sexual violence
- Motives
- Identification
- US impact debate
- UK impact debate
- United States military
- See also
- Citations
- General and cited references
- External links
thumb|A Street fighting|street level rumble of Apache gang members battling Parisian Police officers en masse on 14 August 1904 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, with such behavior often constituting a form of organized crime.
== Etymology == The word gang derives from the past participle of Old English , meaning . It is cognate with Old Norse , meaning . While the term often refers specifically to criminal groups, it also has a broader meaning of any close or organized group of people, and may have neutral, positive or negative connotations depending on usage.
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