ギャング

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

gang; group of criminals

Refers to an organized group of criminals, often involved in violence or illegal activities.

gangster; member of a gang

abbreviation

Abbreviation of ギャングスター. Used to refer to an individual member of a gang, especially in contexts like American gangster movies.

〈人ひと〉がギャングに入はいるfor someone to join a gang
彼かれは十じゅう代だいでギャングに入はいった。
He joined a gang as a teenager.
ギャングに襲おそわれるto be attacked by a gang
夜よ道みちでギャングに襲おそわれた。
I was attacked by a gang on a dark street at night.
ギャングと戦たたかうto fight against a gang
警けい察さつはギャングと戦たたかっている。
The police are fighting against the gang.

暴ぼう力りょく団だん sense 1
暴力団 refers specifically to Japanese organized crime syndicates (yakuza), while ギャング is a more general term for criminal gangs, often associated with Western or international settings.
マフィア sense 1
マフィア usually points to the Italian Mafia or similarly secretive crime organizations, whereas ギャング is a broader, less specific word for any criminal gang.
愚ぐ連れん隊たい
ギャング is a broader loanword for any organized gang (including criminal syndicates), whereas 愚連隊 specifically evokes rowdy young street toughs, especially in a postwar Japanese context.
やくざN1
ギャング usually evokes foreign (e.g. American) gangsters or gangs, whereas ヤクザ specifically refers to Japanese organized crime members.

組くみN3
Used when treating it as a group of people, but this is not a very everyday count-word for gangs.

Loanword from English 'gang'.