wolfpack
Noun

wolfpack (plural wolfpacks)

  1. A family or other group of wild wolves.
  2. (historical) During World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and preyed upon merchant ships.
Translations
  • French: bande, meute de loups
  • German: Wolfsrudel, Rudel von Wölfen, Rudel Wölfe
  • Italian: branco di lupi
  • Portuguese: alcateia
  • Russian: волчий
Translations Verb

wolfpack (wolfpacks, present participle wolfpacking; past and past participle wolfpacked)

  1. to gang up in a solitary target (like a wolf pack)
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      If a boy refused to take part, the predators would team up – Anderson called it "wolfpacking" – until the target complied



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