Coalition
Coalition noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.
Usage example: rival coalitions struggling for control of the party
Gang
Gang noun - A group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially.
Usage example: the school's computer hackers had their own little gang
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Synonyms for Gang
Coalition and gang are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Coalition" instead a noun "Gang".
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A new challenge to his authority soon emerges in the form of up-and-coming gang boss Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino), who unites all his former rivals into a citywide gangland coalition.
Source: Film / Dick Tracy - Coalition faction leader Hayne in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Legacy" seems to adopt this general philosophy, as he repeatedly states that he and his violent gang are just "keeping the peace" on Turkana IV in their picket-sniping against the rival Alliance faction.
Source: Hobbes Was Right - Later on, the coalition runs afoul of a Native American tribe and a bandit gang.
Source: Conflict Killer
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