How to Use anti-gang in a Sentence
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Salvadorans are euphoric over the sharp decrease in crime following the anti-gang roundups.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
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The discipline doled out to the Industry Station deputies fell under the department’s old anti-gang policy.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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The department has also drafted a more robust anti-gang policy, the details of which are still being negotiated with the unions.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
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In the intervening years, the department dismantled or completely overhauled its anti-gang programs, to the point that gang officers today are among the most vetted in the department, Moore told The Times last year.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
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While Bukele’s anti-gang crusade has led to human rights abuse allegations, securing the streets has helped his popularity soar.
—By kejal Vyas, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2023
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His anti-gang measures are wildly popular, but his country’s economic position remains fraught — inflation is on the march, and El Salvador still has high rates of poverty and unemployment.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
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Haiti’s National Police, which boasts an aggressive new anti-gang unit, has seen some success in apprehending some criminal figures and holding back gang expansion in a key areas of the city, including next to the US embassy.
—Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
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Annmarie Drago, who's accused of fatally running over an anti-gang activist in a dispute over a memorial, had her trial ended in a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict on the top count of criminally negligent homicide.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2023
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