razor gang
noun
1A violent gang armed with razors: the razor gangs were rampant in Glasgow...
- "Homicide is a particular problem in Scotland which goes back many years—you think of the Glasgow razor gangs for example."
- It seems to have started with the razor gangs in the 1960s, and just gone from there.
- As the leader of the Razor Gang, he was involved in "mindless violence, fighting for territory".
1.1 informal, chiefly Australian /NZ A committee or organization that seeks to drastically cut expenditure, in particular a parliamentary committee established to examine ways of reducing public expenditure: Labor’s razor gang has approved the cutbacks...
- We have no doubt the Government's razor gang is active in other regions.
- The razor gang earmarked 22 police stations for closure.
- The subsidy has been discussed by the Government's so-called "Razor Gang".
Origin
Early 20th century: from razor + gang1.
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