The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - gangn.

1) group, band, crowd, company, pack, mob, ring: The police are looking for the gang that robbed the mail train. 2) clique, set, coterie, circle, party, company, team, troupe: A whole gang of my friends came over yesterday evening. --v. 3) gang up (on or against.) conspire or plot against, combine or unite or unify or join (against) , league or ally or club or band (against) , join forces (against) , overwhelm: When they all ganged up on me, I decided to change my mind.