Gang and Offshoot

Gang

Gang noun - A group of people working together on a task.

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Offshoot and gang are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offshoot" instead a noun "Gang".

Nearby Words: gangster, gangly, ganged, ganger, ganging

Offshoot noun - A branch of a main stem especially of a plant.

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Gang and offshoot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gang" instead a noun "Offshoot".

human	human gang	human offshoot
original	original gang	original offshoot
notorious	notorious gang	notorious offshoot
brutal	brutal gang	brutal offshoot
Other adjectives: small, actual, violent, large, evil, little, infamous, criminal, new, former, different, comic, mutant.

The Valley of Fear, a Sherlock Holmes story, features a Pinkerton Detective infiltrating a gang of terrorist "Scowrers" (a fictional offshoot of the Freemasons, and who were based on the Real Life Molly Maguires.)

Source: Pinkerton Detective
Grove Street Families is loosely based on Lime Street Pirus (a bloods offshoot that wore green), Ballaz is based on Grape Street Watts Crips (a off shoot of the crips that wore purple), Vagos on 18th Street Gang.

Source: Gang Bangers aka: Gang Banger

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