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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 navyplay

  Familiarity information: PRESS GANG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRESS GANG (noun)


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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