Is he in gang or outlawed? (8)
I believe the answer is:
banished
'outlawed?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'is he in gang' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'gang' becomes 'band' (both can mean a group of people).
'is'+'he'='ishe'
'ishe' placed within 'band' is 'BANISHED'.
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for banished that I've seen before include "Exiled" , "Condemned to exile" , "Sent into exile" , "excluded?" .)