What is a gang?

The concept of "gang" in the explanatory dictionaries of the Russianlanguage is treated ambiguously. In addition to the fact that this word means a medieval hired horse or pedestrian military detachment, who is engaged in robbery and looting during free time, this is also a tribe in the CAR, and an archipelago in Indonesia, and a city in India, and the name of a musical direction. What is a gang in the modern interpretation of this word?

Primary importance

This is a criminal group,a few people: robbers, robbers, hooligans (synonyms - gang, gang). The origin of the word from the Italian "banda", which means "robber squad". Also, the gang - illegal formation, as a rule, armed. Or - in the figurative sense of the word - a group of people whose actions can cause disapproval of their associates.

From the history

In the Middle Ages, gangs were called knightsHorse troops (from the name of tapes used as a bandage on the sleeves). Also called and detachments lannsknechtov (German mercenary infantry), which are actively in their spare time from battle, engaged in looting.

In Russia

The word has been used since the Polish uprising1863. So the rebels called themselves. In the legal context - a group of people, guided by criminal purposes, united to carry out criminal activities (banditry in the Criminal Code).

And a gang is a music band, a direction in music. And even the sea in the Pacific Ocean.

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