n. 25B6; noun
a band of robbers : GROUP, gang, mob, pack, troop, troupe, company, party, crew, body, working party, posse; team, side, line-up; association, society, club, circle, fellowship, partnership, guild, lodge, order, fraternity, confraternity, sodality, brotherhood, sisterhood, sorority, union, alliance, affiliation, institution, league, federation, clique, set, coterie; informal bunch.
the band played on : (MUSICAL) GROUP, pop group, ensemble, orchestra; informal combo.
25B6; verb local people banded together : JOIN (UP), team up, join forces, pool resources, club together, get together; amalgamate, unite, form an alliance, form an association, affiliate, federate.
split up.