gang war
Noun
Meaning
gang war (countable and uncountable, plural gang wars)
A conflict or feuding between two or more gangs (criminal groups).
Synonyms
Examples
A growing gang war over drugs is fuelling bloodshed in Brazil's neglected and overcrowded prisons.
Police detain 150 in Macau casino raids amid fears of new gang war.
This revival of the gang war could be linked to the death last week of gang leader "Zòrèy".
On Thursday, MacDonald announced the sentencing of six members of a St. Paul street gang convicted of conspiring to illegally possess firearms during a three-year gang war that led to shootings, and deaths, on multiple fronts of the conflict.