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gang

violent group of individuals claiming control over a territory
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gang
Johann Baptist Pflug · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

gang ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,652 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: criminal organization[2]
  • Part of: organized crime[3]
  • Commons category: Gangs (organized crime)[4]
  • Has part(s): brigand[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gangs[6]
  • Different from: Ligbi (Volk)[7], Gangr[8], musical group[9]

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Influence

Things named for gang include gang bang[10] and gang rape[11].

Why It Matters

gang has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] gang is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Entities named for gang include gang bang[10] and gang rape[11].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Taylor 49 · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 49
    Different from → Ligbi (Volk), Gangr, musical group
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: musical group"
  2. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → gangs
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: gangs, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289929422|gangs (#289929422)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0334723-poulicni-gangy, h0010259-gangy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0334723-poulicni-gangy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Subclass of → criminal organization
    Subclass of → —
    Part of → organized crime
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007557915305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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