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antigang

antigang adjective: intended to combat or reduce the activity of criminal gangs.

Adjective

antigang (not comparable)

  1. Intended to combat or reduce the activity of criminal gangs
    • These changes occurred independent of any antigang program (CIN is the first of its kind in Chicago) and bore no relation to the number of officers in the Chicago Police Department's Gang Crimes Unit.1988 March 4, Dan Cohen, “Our Gang”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of antigang

alternative formanti-gang

Origin of antigang

From anti- + gang.

Questions about antigang

What does antigang mean?
Antigang means intended to combat or reduce the activity of criminal gangs.
What part of speech is antigang?
Antigang is an adjective.

Words near antigang in the dictionary

  1. antigamblers
  2. antigambling
  3. antigame
  4. antigames
  5. antigaming
  6. antigang
  7. antiganglioside
  8. antigangliosides
  9. antigangster
  10. antigas
  11. antigassing

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