Ganged

/ɡæŋd/ verb

Grouped together with others or worked together as a gang, often used in the phrase 'ganged up' meaning to act against someone as a group.

From 'gang' (from Old Norse 'gangr,' meaning a going or group), plus '-ed' (past tense). The verb meaning 'to work together' emerged from the noun 'gang.'

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