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"gang" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often mob (3 letters).
Definitions
act as an organized group
Word origin
From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangan, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”).
Used in a sentence
“the Gashouse Gang”
“The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.”
“a gang of sailors; a railroad gang; a labor gang or pool.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Organized street group”4 letters
02“Criminal group”4 letters
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