gangbo

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noun

A legal injunction made under the Policing and Crime Act 2009 against a person because of their gang-related activities.

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Meanings

noungangbo (plural gangbos)

plural gangbos

  1. UKinformallawA 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

Origin

Blend of gang + ASBO.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

BagongBoggangobang
Cite this entry
APA

gangbo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangbo

MLA

“gangbo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangbo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gangbo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangbo.

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