I. ˈpress-gang1 verb [transitive]1. press-gang somebody into doing something informal to force someone to do something:
I don’t want to press-gang you into doing something you’re not happy with.2. to force men to work on a ship, by taking them from the streets – done in the past
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II. press-gang2 noun [countable] a group of people in the past who took young men away using force in order to make them come to work on a ship
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