纠集 (jiū jí) — to muster (people for a bad purpose); to gang up; to round up (pejorative)
Definition
纠集 is always negative — it means ganging people up for a bad or illegal purpose (riot, attack, fraud). Distinguish from 集合, which is neutral 'to assemble' or 'to gather'.
verb
to muster (people for a bad purpose)to gang upto round up (pejorative)
Examples
- 纠集。Tā men jiū jí le yì qún bào tú dǎ zá shāng diàn.They rounded up a mob to smash and loot stores.
- 纠集。Tóu mù zhèng zài jiū jí rén shǒu zhǔn bèi xí jī.The ringleader is mustering men for an attack.
- 纠集。Jǐng fāng fā xiàn tā men jiū jí le shàng bǎi rén gǎo fēi fǎ jí huì.The police found they had gathered over a hundred people for an illegal assembly.
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