Urban Sociology Vocabulary

noun a group of people who associate closely for social or criminal purposes

• The police are working to dismantle the gang responsible for the recent string of robberies.
• I heard that gang hangs out at the abandoned warehouse down the street.
• Those guys are part of a pretty rough gang, watch out for them.
• The gang of negative thoughts in my mind was making it hard to focus on anything positive.

noun a pejorative term used to refer to a homeless child

• The social worker was concerned about the welfare of the street Arab she encountered in the city.
• I saw a group of street Arabs playing in the park yesterday.
• The street Arabs were causing a ruckus outside the convenience store.
• He felt like a street Arab, lost and alone in the bustling city.