Rule of the mob

och·loc·ra·cy (

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-s

)

n. pl. och·loc·ra·cies

Government by the masses; mob rule.

[French ochlocratie, from Greek okhlokrati : okhlos, mob; see wegh- in Indo-European roots + -krati, -cracy.]

ochlo·crat (

-kr

) n.

ochlo·cratic, ochlo·crati·cal adj.

ochlo·crati·cal·ly adv.

ochlocracy [ɒkˈlɒkrəsɪ]

n pl -cies

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) rule by the mob; mobocracy

[via French, from Greek okhlokratia, from okhlos mob + kratos power]

ochlocrat [ˈɒkləˌkræt] n

ochlocratic [ˌɒklɒˈkrætɪk] adj

ochlocracy

a rule or government by a mob. — ochlocrat, n. — ochlocratie, ochlocratical, adj.

See also: Mob

Ochlocracy rule by the mob, 1584.

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Noun

ochlocracy - a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses

mobocracy

form of government, political system - the members of a social organization who are in power

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In Iraq, it is no more Shia against Sunnis, or Kurds against Arabs; rather it is now a total collapse of the society there in the complete absence of law and order, which was replaced by the rule of the mob which practices death on the Iraqi population with vengeance and hate.

Reflections: A nation in tatters by The Star (Amman, Jordan)

His rejection of the legendary code of omerta, which demanded secrecy in all things Mafia, not only speared Gotti but hammered the first nail in the coffin of the rule of the Mob.

THE FINAL GODFATHER IS DYING; Throat cancer, not a Mob bullet, will ... by Hall, Allan / Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

However strong and understandable the emotions of those parents on the Portsmouth estate are, the resort to the rule of the mob is absolutely wrong,' he said.

Hague calls for tougher penalties by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)

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