gang activity
Coordinated criminal behavior
Gang activity refers to criminal or antisocial behavior carried out by members of a street gang—drug dealing, theft, assault, vandalism, or violence.
The term appears frequently in news reports and legal contexts: Police attributed the shooting to gang activity.
It often serves as a catchall for crimes believed to involve organized groups, sometimes applied loosely to any youth violence in certain neighborhoods.
- vandalismWillful property damage
- robberyTheft through intimidation
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- youth at riskYoung people facing threats
- extortionObtaining through threats
drug trafficking · surveillance · loyalty · no snitching · hierarchy · shot caller · human trafficking · money laundering · initiation rites · jumped in · symbols · retaliation · turf wars · street corner · racketeering · witness protection · undercover operations · patrols
- criminal schemesconspiracy, collusion, racketeering, kickback scheme, assassination plot
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- juvenile crimetruancy, vandalism, shoplifting, joyriding, underage drinking
- juvenile delinquencyjuvenile crime, juvenile justice, juvenile court, youth crime, youth offenders
- offensesarson, robbery, treason, vandalism, kidnapping
- street crimesmugging, pickpocketing, robbery, purse snatching, carjacking
gang activitycommunity service
Unpaid labor benefiting society
civic engagement · volunteer work · neighborhood watch · community organizing · youth outreach
gang activitylaw enforcement
Upholding legal codes
peacekeeping · crime prevention · civil order · rule of law · community policing
gang activitypublic safety
Collective welfare from threats
law and order · civil order · peaceful coexistence · social stability · safe streets