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gangbo en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of gang + ASBO.

Meanings

  1. (UK, informal) A legal injunction made under the Policing and Crime Act 2009 against a person because of their gang-related activities.
    • […] following government plans to introduce crime prevention orders — an order with the same blueprint as a gangbo but targeting antisocial behavior. So, will gangbos work in reducing gang-related violence as intended? 2013, J. Densley, How Gangs Work: An Ethnography of Youth Violence:

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