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Meanings of criminal gang in English

Russian
преступная организация
Portuguese
organização criminosa
Spanish
organización delictiva
Catalan
organització criminal

Organization that commits crimes.

преступная организация

An antisocial group that achieves its aims through violence or the threat of violence.

Usage of criminal gang in English
1
Earlier that year, nine members of a criminal gang were hanged for murder.
Reuters
2
Police say the drugs belonged to Clan Usuga, a criminal gang.
Radio NZ
3
A criminal gang was behind the kidnapping rather than Taliban militants.
Reuters
4
There's a criminal gang out there that's very well known to my firm.
Year Zero
5
The man is a senior figure in the McCarthy-Dundon criminal gang in Limerick.
The Irish Times
6
Pakistan has suffered regular incidents of Taliban-related violence, sectarian strife and criminal gang activity.
Radio NZ
7
It was claimed, however, that other drugs were allowed to reach the criminal gang.
The Irish Times
8
But the leader of the criminal gang had escaped after being arrested, he said.
Reuters
9
Others were found guilty of the lesser charge of participating in the criminal gang.
The Irish Times
10
The FARC is fighting for a political cause and is not a criminal gang.
Reuters
11
The government said she was fine and had been held hostage by a criminal gang.
The Irish Times
12
You mean the criminal gang feuds in Ireland?All that.
Independent.ie
13
MS-13 is an international criminal gang, by the way.
News.com.au
14
A Dublin criminal gang is believed to be responsible.
The Irish Times
15
A few days after that, the same criminal gang had her down further than ever.
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
16
Stephanie had been the one who'd made the initial contact with the district's criminal gang.
Cauldron of Ghosts
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New Zealand
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