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PRESS GANG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does press gang mean?
• PRESS GANG (noun)
The noun PRESS GANG has 1 sense:
1. a detachment empowered to force civilians to serve in the army or navy
Familiarity information: PRESS GANG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A detachment empowered to force civilians to serve in the army or navy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("press gang" is a kind of...):
detachment (a small unit of troops of special composition)
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