A crew comprises a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard. The word has particular nautical resonances: the tasks involved in operating a ship, particularly a sailing ship, providing numerous specialities within a ship's crew, often organised with a chain of command. Traditional nautical usage strongly distinguishes officers from crew, though the two groups combined form the ship's company. Members of a crew are often referred to by the title "Crew member".
"Crew" is also used colloquially to refer to a small, tight-knit group of friends or associates engaged in criminal activity. Also used in reference to the traditional "unit" of criminals under the supervision of a caporegime in the American Mafia. However, the term is not specific to (Mafia-affiliated) organized crime.
"Crew" also refers to the sport of rowing, where teams row competitively in racing shells.
In Hip-hop
In Hip-hop terminology, crew means a team or group; for example, a b-boy crew, emcee crew, or graffiti crew.See also
- For a specific sporting usage, see Rowing (sport).
- For filmmaking usage, see Film crew.
- For live music usage, see Road crew.
- For stagecraft usage, see Stage crew.
- For the comic strip, see Motley's Crew.
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Crew may also refer to:
- Crew, or Sport rowing, competitive team rowing
- Crew (comic), Czech comic
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
- Concurrent Read Exclusive Write, access model for Parallel Random Access Machine
- Columbus Crew, a Major League Soccer team from Columbus, Ohio
- Coherent Radiation Emission Weapon, see Directed-energy weapon, coined by Iain M Banks
See also
- The Crew
- Crewe, a town in Cheshire, England
- Crewe, Virginia, a town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States
- Crewe Alexandra F.C.
- Krewe (carnival float crew)
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