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A protective social circle that creates a community in neighborhoods whose "normal" community-forming institutions have failed. Often found in inner cities and low-income areas, where schools are underfunded, parents cannot afford to pay for adequate childcare and must work long hours to make a living, and other youth organizations (sports teams, etc.) are lacking.

A scapegoat for a city's problems. Government's excuse to glorify police and avoid confronting the real "problem" in the inner city: underfunded schools and the criminalization of people of color.
The LAPD instituted a new "war on gangs" and increased police patrolling in the Hispanic areas of East Los Angeles.
gang by Not Just a Girl May 9, 2005
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A group of young citizens, usually poor minority males, who group together for protection, a way to make money, and sometimes to fight other gangs. Usually gangs consist of drug dealers, pimps, thugs, etc. Usually gangs wear similar colors or a bandanna, rolled up a pant leg etc. to recognize others in their gang. rich white/ black try to dress like gang members/rappers that where gang members by wearing loose clothing, big sweaters, nike shoes, bandannas on their heads or in their back pockets, and big chains with pendants.
crips, bloods, and itialian mobs are gangs
gang by local hustler December 2, 2007
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"That murdered out Caddy is gang, dude."
Gang by Cutthroat King March 1, 2009
three or more black people cooperating at once for crime or charity, according to media.
a gang of youths today, is suspected in the theft of at least 12 pigs feet from a local grocer. they have yet been unidentified.

a woman was burning to death in her car, when a group of nearby gang members pulled her from the blaze.
gang by viciousk February 16, 2008
True gangs consist of people who stick together for a living. Not to claim this and that to be so called "cool". Some gangs are completely useless because the gang members are useless. True gangs lay there life for others in the gang. Some yyoungsters claim clicks that they are not from.
"Damn that lame ass wannabe youngsta crew got their ass beat by them OG's"
gang by HeaDLesS June 18, 2004
A gang is a group of people, you can use it in all kinds of sentences. For example in Scooby-Doo the movie, They say " Come on lets get going gang! " Or it could mean a group of bad people that are involved with shootings, gang wars, etc.
"Lets move it gang."
" Come on gang. "
" Gang, your the best. "
" Lets head out gang. "

DRUG, KILLING GANG:
" That gang shot my car. "
Gang by Wolfgang R. Baur March 22, 2005
A group full ofwanna bealpha males who act “bad” in front of their “opps”
Yo blud, did you see them BNJ gang members on the block, fucking fassi’s
Gang by alsta110711 November 21, 2019