| 单词 | gang |
| 例句 | While in a New York jail, he overheard a fellow convict boasting about being a member of a gang plotting to kidnap Washington. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Having seen firsthand that the conventional method of data gathering was in this case absurd, Venkatesh vowed to scrap his questionnaire and embed himself with the gang. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The Exchange was one of the few remaining parts of the city that hadn’t been divvied up and claimed in the ceaseless skirmishes between Ketterdam’s rival gangs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The group, or herd, or gang, was about a dozen strong, and they were moving, as Lyra said, on wheels. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Later, it would deteriorate under the grind of poverty and gang violence, becoming one of the city’s more dangerous places to live. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Get me some sort of a command post rigged up here. Cheesethief, where are the gangs with that battering ram?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem to be a member of a rival gang. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z When it got real severe with the colors and the gangs around the neighborhood, we put all them things straight in the rag bin. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Venkatesh had once asked why the gang was so generous in this regard. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z "A man shot a gang kid downtown last night," Steve says. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In Chiapas, bandits will be out to rob him, police will try to shake him down, and street gangs might kill him. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Herbert also sped off down the street, trailed by the Communist gang. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Abruptly, I realized that I was looking in the direction of the apartment house that was my old burglary gang’s hideout. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There were roving gangs of armed men, he said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Under cover of darkness, the gangs ratcheted up the action. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Lev's learned to hide behind a newspaper when the gangs of boys get on the train. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The boy was a member of a local and very notorious neighborhood gang. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z During the day racial tensions rule the streets, at night gunshots are heard from drive-by shootings, and twenty-four hours a day, the gangs and drug dealers control the block, trying to hold down their territory. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was one of those ridiculous punishments that had somehow become codified in the gangs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “There’s a whole gang of us down your well, in the catacomb tunnel,” Emma said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But the most important thing about Mr. Whitaker is that he was always in the street trying to bust up gangs and keep police from doing crazy stuff around here. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It was the first time Palmer had ever run with the gang. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “Maybe that’s what we need to do,” I told the gang. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z My cousin Matthew was shot five times in the head by a Mexican gang on February 8, 1996. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He’d expected to wake in the den of the Black Tips or some other rival gang. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In the early 1900s, there were more than 1,300 known gangs with more than 25,000 members blanketing the city. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We didn’t want to call attention to ourselves in case they were members of any of the border gangs, who had been abducting people along the Frontera, the border between Mexico and the US. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The mayhem spread from the gangs to the rest of the neighborhood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Jarvas and his gang were racing after me down the street. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z What usually happens when a new gang makes the scene is they jump bad as a posse for a while until they step too far and their leaders get busted. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A famous gang, famous for drugs and liquor. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Two women to work the laundry, and Caesar and Prince to join the field gangs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One night, Enrique and a friend start talking about gangs in Honduras. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I want to organize my “social awareness” thoughts before the rest of the gang shows up for a quick fifteen-minute “next steps” meeting. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z But if we could hear a whisper quite clearly, so could the warder, who would yell, “Stilte in die gang!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw Amah swiftly shuffling baskets and boxes to further hide the gang. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But there’s a gang of guys in gray who look at me like I’m anything but a princess. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She knew she could not survive that trip South with the chain gang, survive the slave driver’s whip. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I had survived the work gangs in the ghetto. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “What school? John Glenn Middle? They had a kid bring a knife to school like 2 years ago, and now my mom thinks it’s a gang school.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Luma feared gang members might show up to try to take revenge for their friend who had been arrested. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z In extreme cases, they find love and esteem elsewhere, by getting pregnant, marrying early, or joining gangs. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She hated having to admit this since such an admission proved, no doubt, the boy gang's point that she didn't belong here. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Woe betide another gang or an oblivious youngster from a different neighborhood who happened to set foot in Ragen’s territory. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Those gang people don’t care two cents for your life!” the woman with her said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The top 120 men in the Black Disciples gang represented just 2.2 percent of the full-fledged gang membership but took home well more than half the money. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “So busy you neglect your gang duties?” he sneered. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They pulled weeds and worked in trash gangs now, but one day the field work would make them as big as the men grappling and pinning each other to the grass. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Pinmei felt like the walls of the gang were pressing into her, forcing the air from her lungs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He had a representative, an ex- con, who dealt with me, and no one else in my gang. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After strangling sea monsters and running over gorgons in a police car, Percy wasn’t scared of gangs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z My philosophy on school was that of a gang of ten-, eleven- and twelve-year-olds whom I so revered that their every word seemed that of an oracle. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the Fugees had heard of a gang called the Africans, and many thought Tito had been bluffing to frighten the American boy when he claimed to be in such a gang. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But somehow their differences don’t matter when they can unite in their shared hatred of Stu Papadopolis and his gang of evil trolls. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “A gang of what?” asked Harry, as Hermione threw herself down into a chair with her arms and legs crossed so tightly it seemed unlikely that she would unravel them for several years. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The police in Chiapas are more forgiving of gangs than those in El Salvador or Honduras. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It was our usual gang with perhaps a couple of outsiders loitering nearby. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm listening, but I can't hear anything except for Blade and his gang, and how they're scrambling around trying to find some rocks to heave at us. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The last thing he wants is to get involved with some gang leader. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z High on crystal, the gang and I would tool down the beltway, admiring the traffic cones and bright yellow speed bumps. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A gang of sophomore girls, the popular ones. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He put the gangs and violence of South Central behind him and showed remarkable progress. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He turns to his gang, who look as slimy as he does. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z My parents had known all along that I was involved with gangs and had said nothing, but when the harassment increased, I decided to tell them that I had quit gang life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He mediated arguments among neighborhood gangs, led vigils against drug dealing, and gave rousing sermons every Sunday. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “And that she lost her eye when an East Side gang attacked their clubhouse,” said Zheegwon. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “I ran into a nasty gang,” he said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The next thing I know, she’s comparing these two families to rival gangs in this city. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z So there were indeed some drug dealers who could afford to live large—or, in the case of the gang’s board of directors, extremely large. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She says, “Come on, gang. Time to go.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z He handed Venkatesh a stack of well- worn spiral notebooks—blue and black, the gang’s colors. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But with a gang war, sales plummet because customers are so scared of the violence that they won’t come out in the open to buy their crack. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In one thematic string we have terms like criminals, criminal warfare, crime, fun, profit, gangs, mafias, thugs, mercenaries, troublemakers, preys on the weak, executioners, violence, desertion, flight, whim, opportunity, and run. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But this time, the Stem gang was shooting the British. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I no longer spent all my time playing soccer or fighting in gangs or hunting for money to go to the Bioscope. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z For a foot soldier—the gang’s man on the street—this development was particularly dangerous. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z A big mean-looking boy shouldered his way to the front of the rival gang. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The next four columns are topped like this: Joined a gang. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But my parents wouldn’t let me go outside for fear I’d be taken up in a work gang. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z A well-dressed member of the gang who wouldn’t arouse suspicion by his manner would go into a selected store about closing time, hide somewhere, and get locked inside when the store closed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There were gangs, whose slogans and names were painted in bold letters on the sides of buildings or on sidewalks. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z For months he had been talking to Chinese and Korean gang leaders, in an effort to halt their street extortion and violence, negotiate some kind of settlement. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can forget about being in the gang,” I told him. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z While both of these acts took place, another gang hijacked a truck carrying whiskey. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z While the rest of his gang lived in poverty with their mothers, J. T. had several homes, several women, several cars. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z "Say," said Bill, "do you know that gang of Pilgrim Fathers have cornered the dining-car until half past three this afternoon?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I'm pretty sure we're getting away until this punk comes out of nowhere, he's one of Blade's gang and he's got this big ugly grin. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z There are too many gangs, drugs, and crimes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Always, you sneak up from behind the outhouse, then you gang together and push it, to tip it over. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They were brawny and surly, and their faces bore the scars of the knife fights that were common among gang members. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just how many gangs were they up against? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Me and the gang were sitting in front of the New Dealer office with a wagon full of babies. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of gang members who were up to no good made trouble in my neighborhood and killed Natasha. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The football boys had taken to walking around in a gang all summer, as if daring anyone to say anything about their suspension. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Did we think it was stupid that the Latino gang and the Asian gang are killing each other? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z When we had to impress other armies—marauders, columns of refugees filing past one another, boy gangs following their martial arts teachers—I mounted and rode in front. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The kids on the team heard that the argument had to do with territory and gangs. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z This transfer made sense: Toussaint seemed combustible, and getting him out of Sing Sing would help to defuse gang tensions. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel gangs lounged about, leaning on the sides of the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He’s large and hulking, clad in leather like the leader of a biker gang. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She seemed comfortable being on her own, but I didn't like that everyone was just as comfortable ganging up on her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And on the backboard of a basketball hoop at the West Side court, I suggested he write it in gang script. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Outside, the man who had passed out was being used for third base by a gang of street urchins. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I hate it when you guys gang up. I hate it. We are doing this tonight only.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Hale told Spencer that he’d pay him and his gang at least $2,000 to bump off a couple—an old man and his blanket, meaning an Indian woman. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z To Sirius’s right stood Pettigrew, more than a head shorter, plump and watery-eyed, flushed with pleasure at his inclusion in this coolest of gangs, with the much-admired rebels that James and Sirius had been. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z After some wrangling, J. T. promised Venkatesh unfettered access to the gang’s operations as long as J. T. retained veto power over any information that, if published, might prove harmful. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Someone had been in the same work gang with his father for four months last summer on the Walker county road. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was time to return south—back home to Virginia and farther, wherever the work led—and he came with a gang. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The gang exerted its power over its turf, and I was living on what the gang members considered their turf. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z But was not my life already a kind of chain gang? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Pushing himself off the ground, Sheed found himself among a gang of Clock Watchers rivaling the library gathering. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z True, it was only the leaders of the crack gangs who were getting rich. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z If you were a member of J. T.’s gang for all four years, here is the typical fate you would have faced during that period. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I put Tommy’s letter near the top because he drew parallels between the war in Bosnia and senseless gang violence. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z This afternoon, a block from school, a gang of kids were yelling and hooting near a stop sign. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z We felt like a gang of desperados setting out to rob a train or blow up the sheriff s office. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z In reality, Conexco worked with Al Capone’s gang and other mobsters to supply liquor to the underworld. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I thought of the gang dumping ashcans on Third Avenue and soaping up the windows. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A while later, Kumar and two of the boys in his gang joined us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But most were young men who belonged to gangs. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There was no discussion of any other gang. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He couldn't sit out in the plaza and talk—there aren't any plazas here, and if you sit out in public some gang driving by might use you for target practice. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of them involved an expert, or a gang of experts, promoting false information or hiding true information; in each case the experts were trying to keep the information asymmetry as asymmetrical as possible. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z An arrested Korean gang chief named Han had been publicly threatening him, spreading the word on the street that Kwang had betrayed them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the United States, gangs have traditionally been a sort of halfway house for recent immigrants. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I know what it’s like to have people gang up on you. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The news was that Harriet and her brothers had been sold to the Georgia trader, and that they were to be sent South with the chain gang that very night. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z What if it is Rufus and he’s got a gang of thieves with him or something? They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In other words, a crack gang works pretty much like the standard capitalist enterprise: you have to be near the top of the pyramid to make a big wage. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The invited people from Vocational were mixed with the neighborhood gang. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He could imagine the man’s complaints when Carpenter suggested that he stand in whenever one of their gang was too besotted, or incarcerated, or otherwise unavailable for their nocturnal missions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I was alone upon the dark, hostile streets and gangs were after me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t have much in the way of gangs. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z One of them is upset because a member of the rival 18th Street gang has stolen his shirt during a train stop in Chiapas. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Like just because you got pregnant I’m going to join a gang and start swearing. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z So the Egypt gang waited and waited and it was all pretty frustrating. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We were divided into gangs, each under an old railroad man. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As I made my way toward the tennis courts, however, I saw a man being robbed and murdered, in broad daylight, by a gang of tsotsis. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After six years running his local gang, J. T. was promoted to the board of directors. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z You all have a decision to make about gangs, whether or not it’s going to be a part of your life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Exactly prior to the Geek Club era, I went through my rebellious phase and got pretty heavy into drugs and got involved in a gang. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to decide if he wanted to buy a ten-cent magazine, or go to a movie, or go to the poolroom and talk with the gang, or just loaf around. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The Mid-Atlantic gang devoured their pepperoni pies the fastest and then nailed every single question about When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Not long before, a gang of immigrant toughs had rained rocks down on them as they crossed this very area. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ella tried to hide under her wings as her sisters ganged up on her, scratching with their claws. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “How many here would know where to join a gang in their neighborhood?” she asked. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The gang that Venkatesh had fallen in with was one of about a hundred branches—franchises, really—of a larger Black Disciples organization. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But once me and the cap’n got back to the hotel and he started planning how we was gonna catch the gang of thieves, I mostly forgot ’bout how rude these Yankees was. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Some gangs bought aircraft engines for their boats, to make sure they could outrun the Coast Guard. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z "Didn't make what I should have done. Mean crowd, the Purcell gang. I got my promotion, though." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Stores, nightclubs, cafes, and schools had closed, and drug dealers, gangs, and violence were on the rise. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Me and the gang were playing marbles in front of my house when Dot came storming up. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “With this brand, you will be of a gang too. The mangy, scraggy, sorry gang of Beast Riders.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Most gang members in the Barrel loved flash: gaudy waistcoats, watch fobs studded with false gems, trousers in every print and pattern imaginable. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Pansy Parkinson was whispering and giggling behind them with her gang of Slytherin girls. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Pinmei said nothing and found herself staring at the old gang, blackened where flames had licked it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The king breathed sharply and stopped directly in front of the gang. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When Pinmei finally dared to open her eyes, the crack in the gang let her see the angry fires of the soldiers’ torches. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was smooth, pure white, and the width of a gang of wine. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When the gangs realized that Root was eavesdropping, they hired the best cryptographers money could buy, for up to $10,000 a year. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Near Tallahassee he was picked up by sheriff’s men, judged vagrant, and put on a road gang. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In the field far below he could see a gang of gnomes sneaking one by one back through the Weasleys’ hedge. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The two got to arguing about chain gangs, which I think Pa intended all along. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It was good there: no gangs, a movie every day, four-man rooms with the doors unlocked during the day, no COs per se. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One year later there had been only one murder involving members of those seventy-five gangs—compared with between forty and fifty killings in each of the previous two years. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Then and there I decided to quit the gang, permanently. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I heard she was a mercenary for one of the West Side gangs,” said Tree. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The kids didn’t leave the apartment because they feared the gangs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The white supremacist movement has a number of different components, including neo-Nazis, racist skinheads, the historically familiar white supremacists, and white supremacist prison gangs, which are growing faster than any other group. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z A gang of seven- to nine-year-olds threw down their switches and greeted them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know if Tito joined a gang to be cool, or for protection, or because he didn’t want to walk down the street and get jumped.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The leader of another crack gang once told Venkatesh that he could easily afford to pay his foot soldiers more, but it wouldn’t be prudent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I wonder what happened to the rest of the gang. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A sociologist who explains the way gangs work. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We sit and wait, cringing at the sound of glass breaking, things smashing as his gang ransacks the house and the grounds. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “My grandson’s in a gang, so you don’t want to mess with him. He’s meaner than he looks.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z One page would report hundreds of murders, crocodiles in the water, gangs of men rampaging. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But before I knew it, our entire party was sitting around the campfire like a gang of renegades in an old Western. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He was another member of our gang, which included me, Pork Chop, and Kermit. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z At first it looked like a motorcycle gang. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Although his panicked gang scattered after that ridiculous failure, Booth hoped to try again. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we grew up on the same cul-de-sac. We were like a nerd gang.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z As a young woman, she had played a key role in code breaking during World War I. She later cracked the codes of American mobsters, smashing their crime gangs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z With a gang of children, I roamed the streets, begging pennies from passers-by, haunting the doors of saloons, wandering farther and farther away from home each day. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And there was my allegiance to the gang. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There, in the playground, they would be waiting for her—the gang of four or five boys, blond, snotty-nosed, freckled-faced. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I looked in at the Iruña for the gang and they were not there, so I walked on around the square and back to the hotel. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z A new rumor was spreading: The gangs were hatching a plot to burn black families out. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Some of the gang members watch over Daddy’s shoulder. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The boy watched her go and then with infinite relief went back to his gang and his business, knowing that he too had played the game. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, in a battle with a gang of white boys, I was struck behind the ear with a piece of broken bottle; the cut was deep and bled profusely. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z No decorative tattoos, no work marks, no light gang tats. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Tendai remembered that Father had broken up the Filed Teeth gang, but what happened to old gang members? The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They were clogging up the cells now, howling gang chants and hurling fireballs at each other. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A gang of black boys pulled the man from his horse and cart, stabbed him to death, and left his body in the street. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A gang of them cornered him in the woods after the World Cup and took all the gold he had, and it still wasn’t enough to cover all his debts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In another commercial neighborhood, gangs ransacked every grocery store, littering the streets with squashed fruit, flour, eggs, and sugar and turning the neighborhood into what resembled one giant dump. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Ahead of the radiator's gleaming curve they looked like a chain gang on its way to make a road. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “No ganging up. I know you guys have your loyalty to each other and we have our own. But this is keeping us apart.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z In August 1864, when a bacterial infection known as erysipelas sidelined him from the stage, Booth used his time to recruit a gang that would help him kidnap Lincoln. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z In the summer of ’96, we had our first major gang war in The Wells in years. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Until some gang succeeds in putting the world in a strait jacket, its definition is possibility. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The king bent over, and if he had been looking at the gang, he could have seen Pinmei through the crack, her eyes fixed upon him like those of a trapped mouse. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He had the air of an aristocrat and as he turned to gaze at Blackberry from his great brown eyes, Hazel began to see himself as a ragged wanderer, leader of a gang of vagabonds. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Web was clowning on the side and flashing gang signals. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I organized gangs to carry the bodies outside camp for burial. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Nights on the Island we go out, the gang of cousins, to the Avenida. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Perhaps Kathy was right, and armed gangs were free in the city, shooting whatever they chose to. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z My street gang code was making it hard for me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The gang was playing basketball in the hot sun. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is where we take scientists and reporters wanting to know about our mother. It’s where the family gangs up on them,” he said, laughing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The Patrol Force ambushed the gangs and hauled the captured members into police headquarters. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Booth rode past Herndon House, where just two hours ago he had met with his gang and dreamed of this moment. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack had to learn which parts of town it was safe for him to be in without risk of being beaten up by a non-Jewish gang, or, at the very least, called anti-Semitic names. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I was being chased by the gang that had attacked him, and now I was worried about Frank and whoever it was who had beaten him up. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The closest thing we’ve had to a gang war was when the musical theater kids and the dance kids tried to out-flash-mob each other. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z And gangs like the Black Gangster Disciple Nation were given new reason to exist. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It was no coincidence, in other words, that J. T. was the leader of this crack gang. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z When I did see him and the gang, he would gibe, “Man, I had to comb the burrs out of my homeboy’s head, and now he’s got a Beacon Hill chick.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "The right to self-defense is protected under local and federal law. The tragic loss of one so young to violence renews our resolve to quell gang activity in Underhill." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z ‘It’s O.K. There’s a gang of kids playing out late on our block tonight.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But he hadn’t needed a great gang, just one he could make great—one that needed him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Police suspected that the assassins were gang members. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The boss of a local New York street gang had put out a $2,500 bounty on one of his members, and I’d seen it as a brief mention in some online forum. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The most dangerous thing was these roving gangs of men. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It was a ritual fight, one gang against another, him against Head Buster. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “They have gangs in Tangerine Middle School. They have kids with guns, man. Real gangstas. Some of them have AK-47s.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I found the gang lounging lazily atop the hood of a scrapped ’65 Chevy, basking in the flaring morning sun waiting for me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Tanner got all defensive and basically laid out this theory about how my “gang” and I had gotten together after Stan died and made the whole premonition thing up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Alliances shifted this way and that in the Barrel, but your gang was your family, the only protection that mattered. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I go, "Are you kidding? You can't just fight Blade, you have to fight his gang, too." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z I steer clear of the gang kids, but so does everyone else. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Information about gangs was never casually revealed to officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Cory had an uncle, and he sure looked like he belonged in a motorcycle gang. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z In the neighborhoods, white and black gangs were facing off with greater frequency. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I belonged to a gang. It was when your father was breaking them up.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The girl was like a sister to him, but, if he needed help beating up a gang of thugs or subduing a victory goddess, Piper was not the first person he’d turn to. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z That makes me think I might want to join a gang. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “A majority of those years have been spent serving in Garden Heights,” the voice-over continues, “a neighborhood notorious for gangs and drug dealers.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Like this isn’t a gang. Please. It’s the freakiest gang ever.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And she had a whole gang of lesser demons, all dressed in matching gym suits. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The drugs and gang violence in the inner cities, the kidnapping and terrorism that is everywhere. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z In particular he spoke of the backbreaking work he had to do on various white farms, and on chain gangs digging trenches and roads in the white people’s world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On the islands, this group of workers was called “the hogmeat gang.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Many of them were willing to kill their rivals to do so, whether the rival belonged to the same gang or a different one. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He needed a gang, and not just any gang, but one that needed him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A lot of them were getting out of the gang thing and into a Black Pride thing, but the gangs were still there. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath it is a jagged gang of rocks and a wicked whirlpool that pulls your dead bones down to the underworld. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She never spoke that way to me before, after all, my father is in prison and most of my family is in a gang. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Even among prisoners on death row, the annual execution rate is only 2 percent—compared with the 7 percent annual chance of dying faced by a member of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation crack gang. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Until the gang war, J. T.’s foot soldiers had been willing to balance the risky, low-paying job with the reward of advancement. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The gangs had all been laid low by disease. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The gang kids called out names at him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He was slow to make friends, and he missed his gang in the city. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Cory always swore he had an uncle in a motorcycle gang. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I walked outside trying to hold my head high, and Dinitia and her gang surrounded me and it began. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Outside in front of the house I could hear the voices of Jack and his gang. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They had always played in the same gang when they were kids, but in the last three years he had been at Vocational while she was still in grammar school. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Harry was glad school was over, but there was no escaping Dudley’s gang, who visited the house every single day. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z My voice is raised and high pitched, but Junito and his gang don’t back down. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But who the gang was, or what they were waiting for, I didn’t know. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Brad’s buddies got three days each for ganging up on Patrick after they broke up the original fight. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He filled one of his mother’s long black stockings with ashes and roamed the streets with his gang swinging his homely blackjack and crying out raucously from time to time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Leave it to Goon to throw gang signs on live TV. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A gang of kids, little thieves in training, flutters through the fray with sticky, searching fingers. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z All the young men standing around that are involved in gangs wouldn’t be a problem if they had jobs. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, unbelievably, while Booth and his gang lay in wait on the road on the outskirts of the city, Lincoln was giving a speech at Booth’s own hotel, the National! Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then ever’body says the big guy oughtta pick somebody his own size, and maybe they gang up on the big guy. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead was a gang playing stoop ball, blocking her way. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The whole place had been done up as some kind of tribute to Rollins’ Kaelish heritage and his gang, the Dime Lions. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I remember when I got jumped in and became a member of the gang; I was in the hospital for over three weeks. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The whole gang breathes a sigh of relief: Mr. van Maaren, the man with the shady past, and Mr. de Kok have gone home for lunch. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They were bringing back gangs of fans from the local soccer stadium. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Booth needed horses for the kidnapping gang he hoped to put together. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He oversaw the gang’s expansion and ushered in a new era of prosperity and relative peace. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He was definitely one of the gang, the way they were ragging on him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z With shrieks and gibberings, the gang—too loosely organized to be called a troop—circled, saw their new opponent, and fled in confusion. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Did you tell this gang they could come to your sister’s wake? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Luma had lost more than one of the teenage Fugees to gangs in the past; she knew she would be competing against the gangs again this season. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “But if he somehow finds his way in here, I’m done running. We’re going to gang up and beat him down.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But there was a swell of noisy outrage from other people in the crowded street, and the little gang of thugs laughed again and moved on. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Far worse, gang warfare was bad for business. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I was rapidly thinking that he was setting me up and inside the stall was a gang of guys waiting to collect their "tax." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z They are hunted like animals by corrupt police, bandits, and gang members deported from the United States. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Then he began to think about all the gang violence in his part of the city and all the young people killed for no good reason. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He was disgusted with the gang; he knew that what had happened today put an end to his being with them in any more jobs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As long as such smuggling didn’t cut into the main business, the gangs allowed it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We just finished reading a story about a kid living in the projects who had to deal with peer pressure and gangs. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z On the contrary, he was the “girlfriend” of a member of the Latin Kings gang, who, I was told, regarded himself as heterosexual. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You lie and say yeah, ’cause the last thing you need is he and Dad ganging up on you over a book that’s never gonna get read. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Come on, now, tell me, is this what the kids are wearing in New York now? Is this gang stuff?” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a reputation for being tough on drug dealers and gangs and illegal immigrants. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If he brought another woman into the house, they were to gang up on her and play tricks on her, hit her, and trip her when she was carrying hot oil until she ran away. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like it’s obvious that if you’re from a Latino gang you don’t get along with the Asian gang, and if you’re from the Asian gang, you don’t get along with the Latino gang. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Some fall asleep and roll off; others are thrown by the street gangs who control the train tops. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I hate it when you guys gang up.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I knew that if they couldn’t continue receiving the coaching, they would simply give up and drift into gangs and other vices. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A gang of men quick with guns and unfettered by conscience were at his disposal. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The $5,100 in dues came from rank-and-file members only, since full gang members didn’t pay dues. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Then, ‘Supposing some terrible gang has abducted him? Oh, mercy, mercy, no!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z They join a bristling gang of miners’ sons who sit in the market square, sleeves rolled up, shorts hiked to their hips. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z First her mom thinks Alicia and her dad are ganging up on her to play a practical joke. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Inmates banging on walls, throwing up their gang signs, yelling out who they are and where they are from. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She could not go with the chain gang. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z For all the gang’s talk about how crack dealing didn’t do any harm—they even liked to brag that it kept black money in the black community—Booty was feeling guilty. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z You think those thuggish chaps in movie heist gangs fall out a bit too quickly and mindlessly? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z A gang of kids, thinking she was one of the local toughs, tackled her and tried to steal her pants. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The work gangs and the lack of food made him look like he’d aged ten years in two. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z We looked, and we saw the gang of soccer kids from Tangerine Middle all climbing into the back of a light green, classic Ford pickup truck. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As we run laps around the gym on the sub’s orders, I stay far from Lauren’s gang, jogging lightly. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z In the psych ward, you didn’t have to worry about gangs or weapons. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had fought Gus because Gus was late; that was the reason his emotions accepted and he did not try to justify himself in his own eyes, or in the eyes of the gang. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Gee, that song went, but I’d give the world to see that old gang of mine. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy once told me that King’s parents named him after the same gang he later joined, and that’s why a name is important. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z We were a solid gang of three: myself, Geoffrey, and our friend Gilbert, whose father was the chief of our whole Wimbe district. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Although, Martin qualified, there was the case of a white farmer who had sheltered a gang of colored refugees. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Who did, Mr. Deckard? Animal thieves? We just got a report on a huge new gang of them, probably teenagers, operating in—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z O'BRIEN You weren't afraid to fight a member of the Diablos to get into the gang. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z After severing my ties with gangs, I had more time for my studies and books. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I guess that the “Chief” will have a gang of ruffians handy. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In fact, before the Geek Club, Jesse had some ugly bouts with gangs and drugs, and several run-ins with local cops. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tommy was looking sheepish, and I wondered if he was embarrassed by what had just happened, or if he was remembering again our ganging up on Ruth in the car. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In early 2005, Sarukhan took an urgent call from New York’s police commissioner about an increase in gang activity among young Mexican men, a sign that they were moving into the underside of American life. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The front passenger seat in the Wildcat belonged to Big Ma when the whole gang of us piled into the car. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The gang boys throw up signs and fists, looking tough and projecting a sense of power. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I wanted to see Miss Maestas and deliver my mother’s greetings before I got involved with the gang. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If Tariq had fired first, Jack would be just another victim of gang violence. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The first meeting of the enlarged Egypt gang had gone off much more smoothly than they had expected. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Local toughs—Tyrell tells me that many are hardened gang members—hung off in the distance and glared. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The gang members were no competition for us; they soon became quiet while we continued singing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A Knockout King with no one to hit, since his gang disbanded after their third, Peck, got a girlfriend and tried to live his life right. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Carpenter recruited his gang at the saloon, rowdies all. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My probation officer thinks he’s slick; he swears he’s an expert on gangs. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Behind them in hot pursuit came a gang armed with dummy rifles taken from an Army & Navy Store. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I was gambling: freedom or the chain gang. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The gangs already owned the territory—real estate was, in essence, their core business—and they were suitably menacing to keep customers from even thinking about ripping them off. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The tray Amah had placed over the gang’s opening clattered to the floor, and in seconds Yishan was dragging Pinmei out of the gang. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z My favorite was The Violent Years, about a gang of teenage girls dressed in black leather who robbed and molested guys like me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Mollie saw workers—tool dressers, rope chokers, mule peelers, gang pushers—toiling furiously. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I heard he cut a guy with a razor, he almost died, and everybody says the best way to handle Tony D. and his gang is, you avoid them. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “Come along, gang,” said Ms. Bethune with a wide smile. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Pilots who gathered together wearing the old style flight jacket looked like a well-bred motorcycle gang. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They were good friends, even though they sometimes said bad words, and that day I became a part of their gang. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “What, now you guys are ganging up on me, too?” said Ximena. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z For many of them, the job of gang boss—highly visible and highly lucrative—was easily the best job they thought they had access to. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He had rather thought the whole gang would be on him the second he got the bully down; instead they merely respected him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Guarded by sentries and high barriers from unsought contact with all beyond, great gangs of us, healthy, robust men, live and labor in a marvelous artificial world,” he wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Grammer had set up his own private power plant so that his gangs could work all day and all night—the furtive light of the moon no longer needed to manufacture moonshine. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z As crack and guns flooded the cities and gangs battled over turf, the violent-crime rate for juveniles ages fifteen to seventeen doubled, as did the violent-crime rate for people ages eighteen to twenty. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Then he turned to me and said in a tone he seemed to think was impressive, “My boss is coming, with the rest of our gang.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The top gangs went even further, buying vast “mother ships” that could be loaded with up to sixty thousand cases of drink. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, gang. Dad gets excited at times like this.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Before crack, it was just about impossible to earn a living in a street gang. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But liquor smuggling was so lucrative that it encouraged powerful new gang alliances—and alcohol profits made those gangs almost untouchable. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Since staying at home meant hunger and chores, I began attaching myself to gangs of five-, six- and seven-year-old neighbourhood boys who daily roamed the filthy streets of Alexandra in search of food and adventure. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Surely you, of all people, know gangs are almost extinct.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Because 69vill was the gang that had all the hype. It was the most feared.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Ain’t he still homeless? And he told me he was tortured by an east side gang,” Pri says as she collects my small pile of cards into her growing pile. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Me and the gang were sitting on Duval Street, watching our toenails grow. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Three of his gang were waiting for him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z How the hell do I suddenly have an entire gang at my disposal? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He was chasing a group of three teenaged gang members. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z His gang stared at me like I was a serial killer, and then they followed their leader. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Running with gangs and carrying a gun can create some problems, but being of a different race can get you into trouble, too, so I figure I might as well be prepared. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The nature of the business demanded that customers be able to find him easily and quickly; if he hid from the other gang, he couldn’t sell his crack. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He looked from the gang of boys back to the tree, where Ike and Felix sat huddled in fear. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z As for my old “gang,” the only one I could even remotely tolerate was Fang, and, since no-showing on Christmas Eve, he hadn’t even attempted to make contact. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Sailors still tend their wooden boats in the Great Harbor, and gangs of line-fishermen still haul their catch from the shallows offshore. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z About the gangs, and the drugs, and the police, and the violence. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I have a mind to gang home,” he muttered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day when I went out to the playground after lunch, the gang of girls started toward me, but Dinitia hung back. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, I know exactly what it feels like to not be able to go outside, not because of the Gestapo, but because of gangs. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z While kids like my daughter were piling up grades and accomplishments, Jesse was joining a gang, dabbling in drugs, battling Mormons, school administrators, and conformity. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This was because his victim had been the younger brother of a leader of Sing Sing’s Latin Kings gang and the administration feared that members of the gang in prison would kill him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The youngest children were organized into the “suckling gang” and sent out to weed the cane fields. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I know that I have some gang members. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Parents get together to compare their kids’ report cards, and gang violence is something they read about in a newspaper. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Homeless shelters have their own kind of gangs. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Ross Wilcox's building up a sort of gang at school and he's made it pretty clear he's got it in for me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Every kid wanted to be in our gang. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt the hot hate of the years spent battling gangs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They may as well be their own gang, big as they are. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Ladies of Mrs. Corcoran’s age usually went in pretty heavily for the Valium and so forth but she had enough speed to send a gang of Hell’s Angels on a cross-country rampage. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I walked into the street and seent the other gang member. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Based on the West Coast, the gang was headquartered in Vancouver, with two additional shore stations. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Hiring city guards to do your killing? I’d say that’s an expensive proposition for a gang like the Black Tips. I’m not sure I believe your coffers could support it.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In my neighborhood gang violence and drug trafficking play a big role and kids have no one to look up to as an example of hope. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But a chain gang marches single file and I saw no guards on horseback. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His heart was hammering again in aching terror as he hurtled upward and downward through the blind gangs of flak charging murderously into the sky at him, then sagging inertly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And who better to sell it than the thousands of junior members of all those street gangs like the Black Gangster Disciple Nation? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z "Right—that gang member who got killed last night?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Whenever the local gang members came close enough to look in Percy’s eyes, they quickly veered away. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z If the cane took root and began to send off shoots, the weeding gang followed. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z No matter that her brother would straggle back, empty-handed with his gang and taunt later comers the same way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sing Sing’s Mutual Welfare League had quickly become the domain of gangs and cliques, Lawes said—an officially sanctioned Darwinian power structure. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jarvas and his gang jumped to the sides of the street to make way. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Here are the monthly totals for the wages that J. T. paid his gang members. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The kid in the ’hood who joined a gang and now carries a gun for security, because his neighborhood is frightening and unsafe? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When I drive into the school parking lot this morning, she’s there, next to her car, putting lipstick on, waiting for the rest of her stupid little gang. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Friends within warned me that there was a plot afoot to teach me a lesson for not showing up at the gang’s fights. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z At night gangs of young people took to the streets to attack their ideological rivals. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Roger the Giant and his gang of giants strutted over to me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The younger ones admired the older boys who strutted about so tough, and they jostled with their playmates for a chance to run errands for the gangs of young men they looked up to. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He noticed if they had slipped on some gang colors or had their caps pushed to the left or the right as gang members did. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I reported each night at ten, got a huge pail of water, a bushel of soap flakes and, with a gang of moppers, I worked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She must look on herself as the bell-cow, the other women were the gang. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “No, they weren’t being mean, exactly. They kind of ganged up on me, but then they weren’t mean. I think they were curious.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There were some Mexicans from the section gang drinking beer at a table in the corner and three Navajos slouching on stools at the bar. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In the license plate shop where our gang worked, he operated the machine that stamped out the numbers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked like the rough boys in our school who go round in gangs and if you come up against them in the corridor you had better turn and run away. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The price of peace had been high: expelling himself from the gang, proclaiming himself a traitor, banishing his beloved pet. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Of the old gang, only Jack had been his friend, and he had never been so close to Jack as he would have liked. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The braids earned Prince some respect among his peers at school; girls liked them, and they hinted at gang affiliation, or at least comfort with a dangerous realm inhabited by many of his American peers. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z One of the gangs shot up a candy store in the other gang’s territory. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Under J. T.’s protection he watched the gang members up close, at work and at home. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I went out of the door and walked briskly down the sidewalk, praying that the gang would not molest me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He began talking to the Latino gang leaders of the neighborhoods, and he persuaded seventy-five of them to sign a peace treaty. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Around a third of these gang members are black. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Besides gang violence, domestic violence, or spousal abuse, is common. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Lee Arthur was the only boy who ran around with the gang but lived at home with his mother. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t a cozy gang,” Kamen lamented in a letter to McMillan after the Rad Lab Christmas party that year, attended by scores of strangers. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mayor Thompson quickly acted to shut down the gangs, but before long, the gangs’ political allies had them back in business. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The miscellaneous expenses also include the costs associated with a gang member’s murder. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They have their own colors, their own hideouts, and they are always riding for each other, like gangs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The gang was advancing and he was powerless as long as his mouth was full. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Turning to Clay, Mr. Derby said, “Son, run down to the quarters tomorrow and get one of the slaves from the fishing gang to take her place.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A few feet into the level above, she saw why the equipment had been abandoned by the work gangs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In Denver, displaying any two of a list of attributes—including slang, “clothing of a particular color,” pagers, hairstyles, or jewelry—earns youth a spot in the Denver Police’s gang database. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I’m good enough to be in your gang,” she said, jutting her chin out. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Every single kid wanted to be in our gang. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody knew that Dudley’s gang hated that odd Harry Potter in his baggy old clothes and broken glasses, and nobody liked to disagree with Dudley’s gang. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Says please and thank you too, not like those gang boys who were out there razzing him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When the yellow-gray buildings on the lakefront were demolished, shortly after Venkatesh’s first visit, the gang relocated to another housing project even deeper in Chicago’s south side. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He’d heard other members of the gang say she moved like a cat, but he suspected cats would sit attentively at her feet to learn her methods. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In fact a lot of these gangs base their thing on those Mexican gangs. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Then she said to her gang, “Okay. Now kill them.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Soon, a decorated gang was brought to the magistrate's chamber and filled with water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It’s everyone from the mom buying some food that fell off the back of a truck to feed her family, all the way up to the gangs selling military-grade weapons and hardware. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Most of them are from one of the most notorious gangs in California. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z His life had consisted of a series of traps and obstacles—all the way back to the Nampa gang—that he’d slip or bump into and come to see as his inevitable fate. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Half of Black Swan Green,” Dean answered, “is in his gang.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I urged that our first offering should be a bill of three one-act plays, including Paul Green’s Hymn to the Rising Sun, a grim, poetical, powerful one-acter dealing with chain gang conditions in the South. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I have some of my students who know more about gangs, guns, and sex than I do, because they have observed things. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The shooter was in a gang of American kids; Tito and his fellow Liberians, who identified themselves as members of a gang called the Africans, were walking on the wrong turf. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I crept down the steps and saw the same gang of boys playing down the street. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “And none of the danger. No Malay gangs climbing up your cable and ripping your...uh...well...knifing you with those wavy daggers.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Baz was more normal than any of the ones she had at home, but he had something of that watchful stillness I associated with her gang. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "Would you care to examine it, Brother? One of our members wore it nineteen years on the chain gang." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have no right to treat me like that. And you don’t even fight one-on-one. You gang up on people like cowards.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The Cowgill boys looked like they were on the chain gang already. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As a rule, gangs would prove much better at making mayhem than money. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z His gang of friends must have come to get his body in order to give him a proper Hells Angel burial, whatever that might be. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Fern and I ganged up on her before nighttime reading, prayer, and lights-out. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Zoe Pound? That Haitian gang down in Miami? What you know about that, Miss Fabulous?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z At a signal from the Warlord, a gang of rats leaped upon Constance and beat her back into unconsciousness with their weapons. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Every capitalist went about with a gang of lackeys who—” The old man brightened again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In their fights over territories, gangs would have breakdancing battles to determine ownership—and that’s why the term battle still exists today. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z At first I pointed the finger at everyone else—my family, my friends, the gang of backstabbers that I worked with in the smuggling ring. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z This powerful gang also acted out a deadly mission to vanquish outsiders. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Since finishing law school, I’d been living back in my old South Shore neighborhood, which was still relatively untouched by gangs and drugs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They represented a complete record of four years’ worth of the gang’s financial transactions. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He knew that the man was a gang leader and that he lined his pockets with proceeds from the Hellshow. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was an ongoing gang war in Chicago. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He pictured the long, bitter struggle against the gangs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They were members of the island’s notorious criminal gangs, either the Big Fives or the Twenty-Eights, which terrorized other prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Years later, it was the shady dudes in that same gang that had recruited Jermaine to become a “street pharmacist.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z "Brian, it must have been terrifying to confront an armed gang member like that. What was going through your mind in those moments?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They reminded me fleetingly of prisoners carrying their leg irons as they escaped from a chain gang. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The message was as much for me as for the rest of the gang, because we all nodded. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a few people were watching at first, and half of them were Heck’s Angels, a roving tricycle gang of four- and five-year-olds. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Kiyo and I were too young to run around, but often we would eat in gangs with other kids, while the grownups sat at another table. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They formed outlawed youth groups and gangs in greater numbers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And I got free ice cream for me and the whole gang at El Anon. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z But over the decade following the riot, gangs and organized crime continued to operate unchecked by the mayor, angering enough citizens that Thompson was voted out in 1931, never to hold office again. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They had seen a movie like that once, two cowboy brothers who had a fight, and at the end they joined up again, riding into town together to face the gang. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaz had been courted by any number of gangs who liked his way with his fists and the cards. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then I remembered seeing him working with the deck gang of the Hato. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At that moment he could have been elected president of the gang. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Some wore white hospital garb; others came off work gangs wearing blue dungarees. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The goblin/dwarf turf war was flaring up at the moment and some bright spark LEP elf had seen fit to put him in a cell with a gang of psyched-up goblins. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But the typical black student’s school has a far higher rate of troublesome indicators, such as gang problems, nonstudents loitering in front of the school, and lack of PTA funding. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z This much was plain from the moment his gang turned down the road to the big house and saw the three gallows. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Does the gang know about the golden carp?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The monkeys had been shipped by boat to Ferlite Farms, where they were jammed together in large cages known as gang cages, in which the male monkeys often fought and bloodied and killed one another. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "You start running with a gang, I'll kill you with my own hands," I said. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He had been fighting groups and gangs and bunches for so many years, that the idea of having but a single opponent was slow in making itself known to him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z "Now it turns out he might not have been a gang member at all. The guy claims self-defense, but the kid wasn't even armed, they think now. Big controversy." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Thinking back, Palmer recalled that as the gang was leaving the house that afternoon, Henry had rushed back in, claiming he had forgotten something. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z And we have difficulty convincing you that we believe in you, that we don’t believe that you will grow up to be members of gangs, that you can achieve anything that you want to achieve. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I almost joined a gang today,” he says. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Listening, always listening, and I kept going, explaining Joey Pow and finally Rock and his gang. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z And yet he regularly left Cambridge, returning again and again to the crack gang in Chicago. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z At the same time, though, they abhor gangs and the violence associated with inner-city life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Dinitia Hewitt and her friends were only the first in a whole line of little gangs who did battle with one or more of us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As we ran into the dunes, I saw behind us a gang of silhouetted men splashing the last few feet to shore. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As she stared, her arms, her legs, her body froze into the cold stone of the gang. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The drug trade ran so rampant and gang warfare was so ubiquitous in that part of Brooklyn that most people would take to the safety of their apartment at nightfall. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept having dreams about them, vivid dreams in which she saw them sold and sent away in a chain gang. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I ain’t having nothing to do with that gang no more,” Bigger said emphatically. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Rumor has it that a little freshman got punked a couple of days ago and her gang was planning to retaliate. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In one section of the city, a gang piled mattresses, barrels, and boxes on the trolley car tracks and set them afire. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Lloyd came puffing along with the rest of the gang. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Pete and Sucker Wells and Baby and Spareribs—the whole gang that started at below Bubber’s age and went on up to over twelve. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z By happy coincidence, some of their fellow inmates were Mexican gang members with close ties to Colombian drug dealers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z "Sometimes we're nine feet tall, and strong enough to walk through walls. Sometimes we fight gangs. Sometimes we find treasure. Sometimes we slay dragons and drink from the Holy Grail!" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z It is disrespectful to look a gang member in the eye. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The pretzel boy went upstairs and the gang ambled on. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Traffic was at a standstill as the two gangs went at each other with every type of weapon imaginable: tomahawks, machetes, bottles, rocks, daggers, slingshots, crowbars. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Personally, Tendai didn’t care if a gang of robocycles thundered through the opening, but the guards had apparently worked up enough courage to close the rift in their wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Why not include her with your gang when you go to the Candy Kitchen?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to ask Charlie what it was like to be in that room with all those gang guys, if he was scared when he had to fight. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z They ran straight to me, clambering up my trunk to join the gang. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z "Papa needs five horses for the big gang plow," Caleb told Sarah. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z When they know they’ll be beaten going from one gang area to the next when they walk to school—that’s living in a war zone. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This gang, a branch of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation, was plainly on edge. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Like Anne Frank, I live through the pain of being stuck in my house because I don’t want to become a casualty of war, gang warfare that is going on outside of my bedroom walls. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z They usually return before dark because the Doctorita frets that a gang of bandits will jump out in the darkness and hijack the truck. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I had heard too many stories about gangs looking for someone who they had to “deal” with. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the rowdiest people of all were gangs of boys, teenaged and younger, who at last had their chance to defy authority. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Harry was sure they were enjoying a private joke, undoubtedly about what they knew, or suspected, regarding their gang leader’s famous ancestor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Two weeks ago, a gang of thugs tried to pull off our Somalian friend's head scarf. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But as inmates swirled past on their way off the gallery, they looked to me, in terms of their gang allegiances, as undifferentiated as a great school of fish. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the king was not looking at the gang; he was looking over it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It made him silent and strong and fast, faster than any other picker in his gang. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I sure am sorry I’m not in the gang,” Dorothy said. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z What if the gang walked in on him? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z We paraded around the room a couple of times in lockstep, like a chain gang, with Frank first, Ernestine next, and the children following by ages. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, the gang and I were knee-deep in dirt, playing a game of marbles, when a barefoot girl with pigtails came running up to me. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z They went South with the chain gang on a Saturday. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He recognized another, Steel Liu, a skull cracker from the Red Python gang. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “You two never saw West Side Story? Tony and Maria. The Sharks and the Jets. Two gangs. Can’t mix. Boy from one gang falls in love with girl from other gang.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z There was so much money to be made that drug gangs rapidly expanded their ranks, sucking in some of our best friends, and turf wars became deadly, aided by the influx of sophisticated firearms. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Sooner or later, I knew, I would have it out with either all of the gang or some of them. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The gang did allow some rank-and-file members to sell heroin on its turf but accepted a fixed licensing fee in lieu of a share of profits. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He was the leader of a gang that came often to the show. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z At least when Ernie and his gang came around yelling that we were trash, we could fight them off with rocks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “If he can change the diaper, I’ll think about letting him in the gang,” I explained. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of having a war in the city, the gang leaders decided that Tigo and Dave were going to settle it one on one. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Is this murder the work of some rival gang whom Cassetti had double-crossed in the past, or is it an act of private vengeance?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The gang seemed ready to start killing, and White grabbed the barrel of the gun being held by one of his captors, who yelled at Boxcar, “Shoot him! He’s got my gun.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z My dad was not only not a wimp, he came out to play with the gang, running alongside us, tossing us up in the air, and wrestling against the entire pack without getting hurt. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And you’re so angry that society is treating you like this that you take drugs and shoplift and form gangs in revenge. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the pecking order, the Irish “social athletic clubs” were in a class by themselves, wielding a level of power that other gangs could only dream of. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Over the years the gang endured bloody turf wars and, eventually, a federal indictment. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They were a gang of the smaller breeds being driven unwilling to their Dark Lord’s wars; all they cared for was to get the march over and escape the whip. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There wasn’t much of anywhere else to go, given the gangs and toughs who roamed the streets. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The gang of brutes, they beat me insensible, till nearly my whole body turned blue. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z If, April decided, the Egypt gang all stayed together, there might be a chance to slip away from the big group to pay a visit to Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s huge that these two gangs are in the same room together, and for my daddy to be the one behind it? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z To protect myself I'd have to, or the drunks would gang me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The Plutos stand together on the curb outside Clint’s Graveyard as a cop car speeds off down the street, taking the gang with no name away. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We held our conference in the marketplace, near a gang of children playing at some game, clouting their friends with rope. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I struck some fake karate pose because I figured Roger’s gang was going to attack me for bloodying their leader. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Three years after graduation, I was still at it, having published my first novel, The Wanderers, a collection of linked stories about a gang of Bronx teenagers in the pre-Beades sixties. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Every day we were out in the streets, hustling, trying to act as if we were in some way down with the gangs, but the truth was we were always more cheese than hood. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In this part of the resort now there were hundreds of soldiers, many of them in loud gangs drifting through the streets, singing and shouting. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z How could a black woman who didn’t look no different than the slaves I’d seent ’round Possum Moan be the leader of a gang that robbed Mr. Tanner of four thousand dollars? The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Ridgeway apologized once again and took his leave and soon his gang crashed to the county road toward their next mission. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Anyway, the Tigros turned out to be a new gang that were trying to build a rep in the ’hood. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So desperate were conditions in the besieged city that, in the winter of 1941-2, police had to form a special unit to combat gangs involved in cannibalism. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I ran into the gang that had attacked Frank in the park. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z But in the neighborhood where J. T.’s gang operated, the path to a decent legitimate job was practically invisible. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t see the gang of guys watching me from the shadows. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Earning big money in the crack gang wasn’t much more likely than the Wisconsin farm girl becoming a movie star or the high-school quarterback playing in the NFL. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Then we heard that a kid on 141st Street got stabbed and they arrested a member of a gang called Tigros. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The other gang members did not react favorably. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The Room 402 gang is surprised to see all of us. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z ‘Athens tomorrow morning, gang. Be ready to fight some giants.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I saw the gang members not as rivals but as raw material to be converted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Prayed he’d be safe from all the dangers that lurked for a young black man in Oakland—guns and crime and gangs and cops. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Gone are the railroads, including where Al Spencer and his gang pulled off the last train robbery in Oklahoma, in 1923. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I knew that if I were caught I would go to the chain gang. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of answering, Amah came to the gang and rested her hand on Pinmei’s head. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He grabbed a plank to cover the opening of the gang, pulled himself up to sit on it, and began to kick at the window with such force the dirt flew over Pinmei like rain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I had started to run around with a gang, all of which were older than myself. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Her membership in the Dregs meant anyone acting against her would risk retribution from the gang, but payback wouldn’t matter much to Nina if she was on a slaver ship bound for who knew where. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He had run with a gang and was always in a knife fight or something. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A small park near her apartment is a gang hangout. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Along the ridge at the top of the meadow came a gang of strange boys and another herd of catde. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z How could I have survived the Beast journey, the gangs, the polis, the big-river crossing, only to die by tree? Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “You and Baba are ganging up on us about this.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She had seen the images from helicopters, the press conferences, she had heard the statistics, the stories of gangs and rampant crime. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As they were playing they began to talk, and they realized they had many things in common and that playing Russian roulette to settle a beef between their gangs was stupid. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Your plan is working out, Chief! Look, there’s old Fangburn and his gang nearly at the top of the wall.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Occasionally, I would go out and play soccer with boys who did not belong to gangs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “A gang of men chained together and made to work.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Immigrant gangs were often on the prowl, looking for victims to jump. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I hated the gang thing with a passion. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She thinks the book’s a relic from when weepy gang boys bonded over Gone with the Wind, but she quiets herself when she sees how much it’s affecting him. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z A gang of sea otters was romping through the shallows when one of them noticed the sparkling objects. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And the kids gang up together, and with the biggest pieces of wood they can find they all whack those sharks on the head until they stop circling. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Funny how they went from mean-muggin' each other when they first met, to becoming all buddy-buddy like they their own two-man gang or something. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “Snape knew more curses when he arrived at school than half the kids in seventh year, and he was part of a gang of Slytherins who nearly all turned out to be Death Eaters.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I promised my mother that I would not fight, but I knew that if I kept my word I would lose my standing in the gang, and the gang’s life was my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A whooping gang of small children went running past, chasing a rolling hoop. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That was one of the big changes Kaz had brought to the gang. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They turned out to be a gang of junior-level crack dealers who operated out of the building, and they were not happy to see him. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z At our gang’s first meeting in the apartment, we discussed how we were going to work. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The gang members worked in their own clique apart from us at the quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While Victor cooled the lumps on his head with ice and warmed his sick tortoise with an infrared light, he thought about nothing else except how to find that gang again. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The Tomahawks were in the middle of a protracted, two-pronged war against rival gangs, the Mongols from Sixteenth Avenue and the Dirty Dozen from Eleventh Avenue. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When you win, you win money for the gang that owns you. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I flew to Los Angeles and drove hundreds of miles through the heart of Central California farmland to meet Antonio at a maximum-security prison dominated by gangs and frequent violence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Would they take his father away to the chain gang for a year or two years before he could tell the visiting preacher? Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z After several relatively peaceful years, J. T.’s gang got involved in a turf war with a neighboring gang. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “There is also suspicion that the victim was a drug dealer as well as a gang member. Officials have not confirmed if any of this is true.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A few hours earlier, they had watched as a few of Regibald du Burgh’s gang had picked up their boss on a stretcher and carried him off. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The gang and I were standing on Fleming Street, staring at a newly painted house. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can I snap a photo of you and your gang of kids?” the man asked us. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Mami said that at night gangs roamed the streets doing all sorts of mischief. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Mr. Crane wants you to come in at ten in the morning. Ten sharp, now, mind you, because he’ll be there and those guys won’t gang up on you again.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The gang, whenever he bumped into them, kept saying, “See ya Saturday, Snots. Six o’clock.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z There weren’t any hip-hoppers on the set and nobody wearing gang colors. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, it was owned and operated by a gang of thugs and bullies from the Protectorate. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The bad blood of spring filled us with strange yearnings and tumult, and the boys from Los Jaros split off from the boys from town and there were gang fights. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z J. T. thought Venkatesh was crazy, literally—a university student wanting to cozy up to a crack gang? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And then, silently, Amah took a large platter, placed it over the gang's opening, and left. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They believed that the gang members deserved the brutal Gestapo interrogations and the jail time. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But as darkness fell, three white Unitarian ministers who had come to Selma to take part in the march were assaulted by a gang of whites as they left a restaurant. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a lot of gangs and guns and drugs then, so it was better for kids. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t like dealing with gangs, especially the Masks. I’ve heard stories ...,” Fist said. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Our landlord, Mr. Kaminski, called boys like these “street Arabs,” lawless vagrants who travel in gangs, pickpockets and worse. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Yishan, standing on a storage box, was already sweeping the bowls and cups off the shelves above the gang, letting them smash to pieces on the floor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Compare him to Mr. Cruz, who admitted taking part in this crime, who admitted that to become a member of his gang, he had to slash a stranger in the face. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the Egypt gang maintained that the Professor was innocent. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not a ha’porth. Different gangs and different ships. He was tried again for prison breaking, and got made a Lifer.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z "You are right. Have the finest gang brought here. The fish shall have a new home." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The Thirteenth Avenue Tomahawks fought just about every week, against this or that street’s gang, for reasons ranging from territorial disputes to harassment of each other’s girlfriends. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z For the most part, these gangs were loosely organized bands of young people from working-class neighborhoods in large cities. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The sharpness in his voice told her that he was thinking about the chain gang too, and remembering their two little ones, just about the size of Minty, who had gone away like that. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Some type of danger like a beef between dealers or a gang battle. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z If school pride makes us gangs, I’m neutral thanks to my dad. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z This infuriated the leaders of my gang, the Thirteenth Avenue Tomahawks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned the realities of gang violence not from after-school specials but when my boy Mark got jumped and beaten down for wearing the wrong color jacket. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Others would begin at B-block, get turned off by the greater chaos factor—the younger, more transient inmates or the higher incidence of gang violence—and head back to A-block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Down below, the crowd cackled like a gang of birds. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z And beyond proving himself to Caroline and her gang, beneath the curiosity, there is that need to return tugging at him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “It really looks like the work of a gang, a kind of ‘Soprano’ state.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It doesn’t matter if we keep our heads low when passing a gang in a bad neighborhood. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They were even willing to pay gang dues to have their chance. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Eye went on: “The conductor says the General’s children got off at Borrowdale, but one of the passengers—an exmember of the Filed Teeth gang—swears they caught the next train to Mazoe.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A boy would slowly detach himself from the gang. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a part of the neighborhood that belongs to a gang.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He figured it was really "Will-Low," which might have been gang slang. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z When the weather was nice, the gangs got more active and the shooting got worse. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Before they had left his hut, Yishan had tossed some robes and boots at her from a chest that looked as ancient as the gang Pinmei had hidden in. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "The right to self-defense is protected under local and federal law. The tragic loss of one so young to violence renews our resolve to quell gang activity in Underhill." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He spends more time on the streets of Carrizal, which is controlled by the Poison gang and is quickly becoming one of Tegucigalpa’s toughest neighborhoods. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The bartenders let me know that this customer was one of the top executives of the fabulous Forty Thieves gang. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Black street gangs in particular flourished in Chicago, with membership in the tens of thousands by the 1970s. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z A split second later, the gang kids ran past outside. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z When the word comes down that a gang is after you it’s scary, and one of the reasons I wanted to leave the area. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "And what makes you so sure that science is so reliable? Or that the university crowd has any better answers than the hocus-pocus gang?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Realising that they were about to rush me, I reached under the hood of the dashboard and grabbed a crowbar that the gang used in opening bottle stockades. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She rolled her eyes at her new friends, and they collected their trays of cornflakes and toast and sat together, an instant gang, excluding everyone else in order to gossip about them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Anything else would probably involve me working for a gang or stealing something. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Masks, the only gang remaining after Father’s war on crime, had set off a bomb in a shopping center. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Sugar work in Hawaii brought the same scene as took place in the Caribbean —the foreman on his horse, the gangs of workers harvesting the cane. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Well, here’s the thing,” I said, “I get to be the good boy. And the gang guy gets the girl. I don’t like this movie.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He does not seem to have known what he was in for, possibly because he viewed the Inka as a gang of rustic thugs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z One of the gang picked up a piece of ice the size of a baseball. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Many of these Irish gangs were tied in with Irish politicians. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z On the other hand, it helped security to be aware of their alliances, of gang unrest, and so forth. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They did, however, pay dues to the gang—some for protection from rival gangs, others for the chance to eventually earn a job as a foot soldier. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And the thing was that a lot of kids were talking about being down with gangs and trying to make themselves large by going to wack city and offing somebody. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, Chrissie had to remind us to slow down or someone would think we were a gang of muggers going after the woman. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where an ancient gang of spirits hangs out, I mean.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It breaks his heart that his neighbors have ganged up on him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She’d heard the white folks call it a coffle or drove, but to her it was always simply the chain gang. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But this time you’ll think this fool should see the light, but he’s jumped in a gang and they nickname him “Snipe.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Do I get to be in your gang?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Jarvas and his gang had just about reached me when suddenly down the street a truck with glaring headlights came racing down. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z April shut the door of her room behind her grandmother and then she turned around very slowly and dramatically to face the rest of the Egypt gang. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the urban street gang evolved from a club for wayward teenagers into a true commercial enterprise. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “I thought you said he’s got friends in some gang,” Malcolm says. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Besides, she didn’t look like she could be part of a gang or some kind of kidnapper ring, so we followed the sweet-voiced woman as she led us deeper and deeper into the brush. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Even though Pinmei couldn’t see much from the gang, she squeezed her eyes shut. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Due to busing and an outbreak in gang activity, Wilson’s traditional white, upper-class demographics have changed radically. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z There was another encounter with the gang that had attacked Frank in the park. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Are you still thinking about Betty and her gang?” she asked. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z She was an old lady then, living on a Michigan lake with a gang of grandchildren who had to listen to her familiar stories. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "What was going through your mind when you intervened in a gang altercation?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The four years recorded in the gang’s notebooks coincided with the peak years of the crack boom, and business was excellent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z There was such a gang of them that I couldn’t do anything, I had to curl up. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Still, the fact that roving gangs were free to travel on the main thoroughfare didn’t bode well for the condition of the capital. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Luma wasn’t sure, but even pretending to be part of a gang was enough for her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z That was the gang of organized boosters, who would deliver, to order, in one day, C.O.D., any kind of garment you desired. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z To a neighborhood white man who tried to intervene, the gangs spat out a warning: “If you open your mouth against ‘Ragen’s’ we will not only burn your house down but we will ‘do’ you.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There was a lot of robbery going on; we weren’t the only gang working, we knew, not by any means. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He dropped out of the gang, stayed out. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "I can't believe this. You dirty little rats. But I like the fact that y'all are ganging up on me. That means my plan is working." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It was the same reasoning that some friends of mine used when they joined gangs. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He laughed madly at Bapi and Li and Rain and the hundreds of other laborers and crew gangs, all of them staring at him dumbstruck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z One thing she did not know was that the gang’s way of life had captivated me wholly, particularly their philosophy on school: they hated it and considered an education a waste of time. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mercenary fighters were nonmembers hired on short-term contracts to help the gang fight turf wars. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It couldn’t feel good knowing that a whole town didn’t want you, that they would throw you in jail for being there, or put you on a chain gang because you were without a job. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Seems as if none o’ the ruffians were left up at Bag End,’ said Cotton; ‘but the gang from Waymeet will be along any time now.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They had a crew they called the Heartbreak Kidz, not a gang but a play gang, a set of initials to write down in jagged letters: HBK. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Bunch of gang members surrounding a white guy. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Jus is pretty sure they all belong to a gang called the Black Jihad run by a crazy older dude named Martel Montgomery. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z As long as there have been cities, there have been gangs of one sort or another. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z My mother would be proud of me, and that meant that next year I would be in the same grade as the rest of the gang. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Gosh, what if he and a bunch of other mill boys ganged up on me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z You have to worry about your friends’ friends, their gangs on the streets and in school. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “OK, I tried to steal something, and he caught me, So I threatened him with my friends and he let me go on the condition that I took him to meet my gang.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘To Waymeet, that’ll be,’ said Cotton, ‘to fetch more of the gang. Well, it’s fifteen mile each way. We needn’t trouble about them just yet.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When we make our way into the dining area, I see some of Peeta’s gang have other ideas. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They described a daily, even hourly, fear of gangs and violence. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then, while the four members of the Egypt gang stared at them in helpless fuming anger, they just sat there, leaning against each other’s backs, still shaking with gradually weakening seizures. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The bus took us to Rome, to a train station where they said gangs of gypsy men roamed at night. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The baskets and pots Amah had placed on the floor near the gang trembled as the beating came closer. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It feels complete, the gang, as Cash once called them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was common talk in the cabins that they had been sold and were to go South with the chain gang the day after Christmas. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The leader of the gang was about my size. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the past I had taken punishment that was not mine to protect the solidarity of the gang, and I had seen other boys do the same. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In the palm of one hand they branded me with a crude horned B. A B that stands for their gang name, LOS BANDIDOS. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z They had to dodge being shot several times before they finally arrested the gang. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Jason decided there was nothing in the world scarier than a gang of bat-wielding grannies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Kathy mentioned the roving gangs, the toxic chemicals, the diseases that were being unearthed and spread. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Once a young man gets involved in gangs there is no returning—there’s no way out but death. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept my membership in the gang, knowing that for as long as I was under its influence, I would never go to school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of reading about gang violence in newspapers, I’m the kid you see on the news telling a reporter what I’ve witnessed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z On subsequent trips, when he was deported, he always stuck with one of these gang members to protect himself from any attacks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I am hardly a member of a gang,” I said. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I even made up rules for the gang. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the runaway slave had been caught, would be whipped, and finally sold to the chain gang. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z No one bothered them that night, but the next they were discovered by a gang of boys who told them they were in Razorgull territory. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Because in addition to joining dangerous gangs and having parties, this Noah also goes out with girls, keeps his hair buzzed and tidy, hangs at The Spot, watches sports with Dad. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z "Possibly a gang member, say police, though his family has come forward to refute that claim. It seems there are more questions than answers in this story, Carl." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Brawls erupted when rival gangs converged on the same pauper’s field. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Me and the gang were sitting on one of the new benches on Duval Street, having some of the cold treat. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z I axed him, “How come you didn’t tell the sheriff you got a address where the gang’s hiding out? He could of tolt us where it’s at.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z A gang of white policemen dragged him out of his clinic one day, beat him half to death, and carted him off to prison. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the dust I saw the gang arise. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But if he did tell the rival gang about this stairwell hangout, they’d be susceptible to a surprise attack. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z There was a lot of pencil-written gang graffiti on the walls, but no contraband. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As the days dragged by, the Egypt gang grew more and more impatient. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The Vonnegut would be a target for the first leather-clad booster gang that spotted it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The biggest otter squeaked, and the whole gang suddenly took off. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “When I was a boy, gangs were everywhere. I saw my brothers gunned down in the yard. I swore I would never expose my children to danger like that.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Leather-clad gang members, community leaders, young parents with small children in tow. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There were unverified reports of roving gangs of armed men, of guns being fired at helicopters trying to rescue patients from the roof of a hospital. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Was it a gang thing?” my father whispered. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Strong lost his hearing and ditched the gang to work in a tannery in Canada, or so the rumor went. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There’s always a gang of dudes posted up outside all night, talking trash, and pushing packs of whatever to whoever. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z That evening, white gangs assaulted black stockyard workers as they headed home. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Let’s see who gets more stuff,” Sridar challenged as he moved off with the three other boys in his gang. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Through the window over the sink she could see the deweys still playing chain gang; their ankles bound one to the other, they tumbled, struggled back to their feet and tried to walk single file. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Some of them are pretty tough. They have gangs and stuff. But the kids I’m with are cool.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And wherever the huge ships lay, scavenge gangs like Nailer’s swarmed like flies. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The choice of companion was curious: his name was Nkadimeng and he was a member of one of Soweto’s fiercest gangs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked slowly down the sidewalk, coming closer to the gang of boys, holding the stick tightly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z All my imaginings ’bout settling Pap’s debt and rustling up this gang that robbed the Tanners started gnawing at me and I was getting more and more excited and worked up. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z As he neared the corner drug store, which stayed open all night, he wondered if any of the gang was around. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Drained like I had been working on a chain gang, breaking rocks in the hot sun. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Even though the Egypt gang had decided that the Professor was innocent, what if they just might be wrong? The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z "Tell him, Black," my father said, like he was some sort of gang leader, and Black was one of his loyal goons. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z They were the same eyes that Pinmei had seen through the crack in the gang so long ago. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He is tattooed with TJ, a symbol of the Mexican mafia; a teardrop, signifying a dead gang friend; and a spiderweb, tucked next to his right eye. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z In the city’s Scollay Square, a group of the Harvard volunteers were set upon by a gang of toughs who had broken off from the more than five thousand troublemakers gathered there. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The southern gangs, after hearing the news of the Battle of Bywater, fled out of the land and offered little resistance to the Thain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She knew how much work they had done to track the gang and round up witnesses. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z LeAlan: Do you see any gang activities here that you would see in the movies like West Side Story? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My leaving the gang, however, brought hostility and harassment. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In March, too, when it was obvious that she was getting better, she learned that she and her brothers were to be sold South, part of the next chain gang. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Inej had tried to keep tabs on the team, but someone else in the gang could have been snooping. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My heart was no longer into gangs, but I replied, “Yes.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z By now I know there isn't going to be any treasure, but still this is pretty cool, recovering stuff that Blade's gang ripped off from some little old lady or whatever. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Was that the kind of thing you did to subdue an unorganized gang of snipers? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I started experimenting with drugs, and became involved with a gang in a nearby town. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tim and all the gang members clear out, and cars crank up outside. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Notwithstanding the leadership’s rhetoric about the family nature of the business, the gang’s wages are about as skewed as wages in corporate America. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Dressed only in cutoff pants, all of them were soaking wet They were playing some sort of three on one, where three of them ganged up on one to dunk him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t even want to talk about gangs. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My love for reading removed me from the streets and curtailed my involvement in gangs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I might even play a little with Tyrell and the gang. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “They were in the mountain laboratory. The young enthusiastic scientists had all ganged up on that cynical old scientist who didn’t want to help.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I noticed it in the ER, whenever they brought in gang members or robbers. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I ran out and joined the gang at our spot on the playground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The gang also presented an opportunity for longtime employment. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Tool had convinced the gang who ran the place to let them crash in one of the rooms above. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z One of his sons was killed in a gang drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He was trying to keep me away from the gangs at my school. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z So instead he took down all the signs in his study, and in their place put up a new piece of paper that read, Bai lian cheng gang — a hundred smeltings, become steel. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes criminals—robbers, brigands, freebooters, highwaymen, hooligans, thugs, bandits, pirates, gangsters, outlaws—organize or join together in gangs or bands or mafias. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Neeley had taken to school cheerfully when he found that many of his old gang were entering Eastern District High. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One Freedom Writer told about his experience of being in a gang and living on the street. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The same town that gave the world the golden arches also gave it a biker gang that stood for a totally antithetical set of values. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z The Swarm was an interstellar gang of crooks and thugs who harassed folks for no good reason. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The gang not only paid for the funeral but often gave a stipend of up to three years’ wages to the victim’s family. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Should we be shocked when they turn to gangs for support when no viable family support structure exists? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Smart gangs usually sent their messages in four- or five-letter groups to make them harder to crack. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Hitler and his gang should be thrown back into the sea.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1920s, Chicago alone had more than 1,300 street gangs, catering to every ethnic, political, and criminal leaning imaginable. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Despite the fact that I told them I could never feel any religion, the boys of my gang begged me to “come to God.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Victor and his gang piled out of the bus and took off at a fast clip toward the field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The only person in town who would do business with a gang of kids was Ernesto Barbarossa. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z There is a bang and a flash and our gang disappear. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Our gang formed the head of the queue before the cook-house. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Like all other gangs, they fought with their rivals, but as one member recalled, they were mostly “tomato fights, mud fights, and raids.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Though I’m sure in gang life, that’s not how it’s done. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He stepped away from Sridar, and the other boys in his gang followed. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z At night it is unsafe to walk around because of the gang activities near the area. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z During the years that Venkatesh lived with J. T.’s gang, foot soldiers often asked his help in landing what they called “a good job”: working as a janitor at the University of Chicago. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Maybe something in his head got knocked loose in that gang fight. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z He was unaffiliated with any street gang, and we are confident he was unarmed and innocent of the charges being leveled against him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There are one million young men roaming the streets in gangs, following in the footsteps of Ragen’s Colts, brandishing guns to protect their turf. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And finally, there was the lure of gangs. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “If it’s not that,” Momma says, “you’re giving your ‘Harry Potter is about gangs’ theory.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z |
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