{
    "term": "gang",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an organized group of criminals",
            "sensetop": "gang of somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**criminal gangs**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A four-man gang carried out the robbery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A gang of thieves has/have been caught by police.",
                    "contextForm": "gang of somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several **gang members** have been arrested."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The robbery was carried out by an armed gang."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was accused of having links with drug smuggling and criminal gangs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "criminal gang members and drug dealers"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["street", "local", "armed"],
                "verb + gang": ["belong to", "join"],
                "gang + noun": ["attack", "fight", "violence"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the gang", "gang of"],
                "phrases": ["a member of a gang"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a group of young people who spend a lot of time together and often cause trouble or fight against other groups",
            "sensetop": "gang of somebodyin a gang",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **join a gang**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **street gang**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the growing war between **rival gangs**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **gang of youths**",
                    "contextForm": "gang of somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were all in the same gang.",
                    "contextForm": "in a gang"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many **gang members** are just children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Al the local boys are **members of gangs**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**gang warfare**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A lot of the lads belong to gangs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fights had ensued between rival gangs of football fans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He forced me to join his gang."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her cousin was killed in a gang fight when he was only 16."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a gang of skinheads"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a tale of LA gang life"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["street", "local", "armed"],
                "verb + gang": ["belong to", "join"],
                "gang + noun": ["attack", "fight", "violence"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the gang", "gang of"],
                "phrases": ["a member of a gang"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a group of friends who meet regularly",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The whole gang will be there."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her friends made me feel welcome and treated me as one of the gang."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I go out with a gang of friends most Saturdays."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We go skiing every year with the same gang."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["usual"],
                "preposition": ["gang of"],
                "phrases": ["one of the gang"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an organized group of workers or prisoners doing work together",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a prison/work gang"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The work was done by convicts working in gangs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The gang leader usually agrees a rate with the site manager."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡæŋ/",
                "audio": "ga/gang/gang__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡæŋ/",
                "audio": "ga/gang/gang__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English, from Old Norse gangr, ganga ‘gait, course, going’, of Germanic origin; related to Scottish gang ‘go’. The original meaning was ‘going, a journey’, later in Middle English ‘a way’, also ‘set of things or people which go together’."
}