Gang and Scum

Gang

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

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

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

Scum noun - People looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class.

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Gang and scum are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gang" instead a noun "Scum".

human	human gang	human scum
female	female gang	female scum
complete	complete gang	complete scum
violent	violent gang	violent scum
Other adjectives: evil, vicious, mercenary, criminal, white, murderous, ruthless, local, generic, biggest.

In Death Wish II,, the gang of scum includes two white, two black, and one Hispanic member, all buddies.

Source: Equal-Opportunity Evil
In Capitol Critters a few episodes dealt with a gang of rats at war with a gang of cockroaches the roaches were meant to symbolize minorities in general some spoke in African, Italian, Hispanic, and Yiddish accents, they constantly referred to each other as dirty and disease ridden scum.

Source: Fantastic Racism / Western Animation
The Red Triangle Gang - the band of terrorist scum (one of whom resorts to the stereotypically Arab technique of strapping dynamite to his chest) working for The Penguin in Batman Returns - are an interesting case.

Source: Western Terrorists

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