street gang
Neighborhood criminal group
A street gang is a group, typically of young people, that claims territory in a neighborhood and engages in criminal activity—drug dealing, theft, violence.
Members often share identifying markers: colors, tattoos, hand signs.
The term distinguishes neighborhood-based groups from organized crime syndicates: Police blamed the shooting on rival street gangs.
- thugViolent criminal
- hoodAttached head covering
- drive-by shootingGunfire from moving vehicle
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- turf warStruggle over claimed ground
initiation · posse · homies · corner boys · colors · crew · MS-13 · ghetto · Crips · jumping in · clique · extortion · lookout · hustle · shootout · graffiti · territory · beef
- criminal groupsmafia, cartel, mob, syndicate, crime family
- bondsbond, corporate bond, corporate bonds, government bond, municipal bond
- UnderworldHades, Tartarus, netherworld, Sheol, Styx
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
street gangprofessional association
Organization for career fields
civic organization · civic association · fraternal organization · trade union · Rotary Club
street gangpolice force
Official law enforcement body
law enforcement · police department · neighborhood watch · community patrol · sheriff's department
street gangneighborhood association
Local homeowners' collective body
community center · volunteer corps · charitable foundation · outreach program
gang, street, streets, gangster, streetwise, streetlight, ganging, gangway, gangsters