gangbang

gangbang — verb

  • gangbangpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • gangbangs3rd person singular
  • gangbanging-ing form
  • gangbangedpast simple

1. to be one of several people who join a group sex activity, where multiple indivi

1.verbintransitive
Definition

to be one of several people who join a group sex activity, where multiple individuals take turns having sex with the same person.

Example

Eli admitted that he had gangbanged with the group during the house party.

intransitive: gangbang + with + group

The documentary interviewed people who regularly gangbang in private clubs.

Common collocations
  • gangbang with
  • gangbang at
  • gangbang during

Grammar Patterns

gangbang + (with + group)

gangbang + (at + location/event)

Usage Note

In this sense the verb is intransitive — there is no direct object. The speaker describes taking part as one of the group, not forcing anyone. This sense is extremely offensive to many people and should be avoided in most situations.

2. to take part in brutal and violent acts as a member of a criminal group, such as

2.verbintransitive
Definition

to take part in brutal and violent acts as a member of a criminal group, such as attacking, beating, or threatening people in the street.

Example

The rival group was known to gangbang on anyone who entered their territory.

crime context: gangbang on + target

Chidi was arrested after gangbanging during a street fight that sent two people to hospital.

Common collocations
  • gangbang on
  • gangbang in
  • gangbang near
Synonyms
  • rampage

    focuses on destructive behaviour, not specifically gang-related

Grammar Patterns

gangbang + (on + target)

gangbang + (in + territory)

3. to force a person to be the passive partner in a gang bang — to make someone rec

3.verbtransitive
Definition

to force a person to be the passive partner in a gang bang — to make someone receive sexual acts from multiple people without their agreement, which is a form of rape.

Example

The trial revealed that the men had gangbanged the victim repeatedly over two days.

transitive: gangbanged + victim

Lucía testified that she had been gangbanged by the group against her will.

passive construction: was gangbanged by + group

Common collocations
  • gangbanged by
  • gangbanged at
  • gangbanged against
Synonyms
  • rape

    broader term; gangbang specifies multiple perpetrators and sequential acts

Grammar Patterns

gangbang + victim

was gangbanged (passive)

gangbanged by + group

Usage Note

In this transitive sense the victim is the direct object. Passive forms (was gangbanged, had been gangbanged) are common in news reports and court testimony. Distinguish from sense 1 (‘JOIN GROUP SEX’), where the subject is a willing participant. Sense 3 describes a serious crime.

gangbang — noun phrase

Word family

  • gangbanger
    nounC2

Synonym discussion

Sense: noun phrase/2

All three terms describe a group of people raping one or more victims. 'Gang rape' is the standard legal and journalistic term — it is formal, less offensive, and widely understood. 'Gangbang' is coarse slang; using it in court or in news reports risks sounding disrespectful to victims. 'Mass rape' refers to a situation with many victims (e.g., in war or genocide), not necessarily multiple perpetrators assaulting the same person. For example, a journalist would write 'the soldiers committed gang rape' (not 'gangbang'), but a human rights report might say 'mass rape was used as a weapon of war' to describe attacks on hundreds of women. Choose 'gang rape' for formal criminal contexts, and avoid 'gangbang' in serious or professional writing.

gangbang ↗gang rapemass rape

Common collocations

Nouns

Phrases

  • take part in a gangbang
  • survivor of a gangbang
  • involvement in a gangbang

Prepositions

Etymology

EnglishAmerican English slang

Formed by combining the two English words 'gang' (a group of people, especially criminals) and 'bang' (a coarse slang term meaning to have sex with someone, or to hit violently). First recorded in the 1950s in American criminal slang. The violent-gang-activity sense (verb sense 2) developed around the same time in street-gang language, while the sexual meanings became more widely known later.