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gang member

gang member noun: someone regularly participating in the activities of a gang (group of hoodlums or criminals).

Noun

gang member (plural gang members)

  1. Someone regularly participating in the activities of a gang (group of hoodlums or criminals).
    • There is as well some narrative compression in the film, as befits the differences between the two media. […] The film conflates the characters of Royal Baron and Priest, who is referred to as a “businessman” early on by Duke. Similarly, the character of Chester, a black gay who has managed to...1990, Barry Keith Grant, “When Worlds Collide: "The Cool World"”, in Literature/Film Quarterly, volume 18, number 3, page 180 of 79-187
    • Tie signs (e.g., having an alleged boyfriend show up at school to threaten gangmembers) are more substantively indicative of “anchored relationships” than simple cover stories and provide an “open and direct means for staking a claim, the claim being a relationship to the [tied] individual”...1994, Bruce A. Jacobs, “Undercover Social-distancing Techniques”, in Symbolic Interaction, volume 17, number 4, page 400 of 395-410

Examples of gang member in a sentence

  • The film focuses on a young IRA gang member from Belfast played by Pitt, who has come to New York undercover to purchase illegal weapons.1997 August 27, Constance F. Anderson, “Though R rated, film has merit”, in The Catholic Commentator, volume 35, number 14, page 6:
  • If gang member B does X under the above conditions he is considered “trustworthy.” If gang member B is unable or unwilling to fulfill X then he is considered “untrustworthy.”2012 August 1, James A. Densley, “Street Gang Recruitment: Signaling, Screening, and Selection”, in Social Problems, volume 59, number 3...

Forms of gang member

pluralgang members
alternative formgangmember

Questions about gang member

What does gang member mean?
Gang member means someone regularly participating in the activities of a gang (group of hoodlums or criminals).
How do you use gang member in a sentence?
The film focuses on a young IRA gang member from Belfast played by Pitt, who has come to New York undercover to purchase illegal weapons.
What part of speech is gang member?
Gang member is a noun.
What is the plural of gang member?
The plural of gang member is gang members.

Words near gang member in the dictionary

  1. gang
  2. gang bang
  3. gang bangs
  4. gang cask
  5. gang casks
  6. gang member
  7. gang members
  8. Gang of Eight
  9. gang of four
  10. Gang of Six
  11. gang plank

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