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mob (m

1. A large disorderly crowd or throng. See Synonyms at crowd¹.

2. The mass of common people; the populace.

3. Informal

a. An organized gang of criminals; a crime syndicate.

b. often Mob Organized crime. Often used with the: a murder suspect with links to the Mob.

4. An indiscriminate or loosely associated group of persons or things: a mob of boats in the harbor.

5. Australian A flock or herd of animals.

tr.v. mobbed, mob·bing, mobs

1. To crowd around and jostle or annoy, especially in anger or excessive enthusiasm: Eager fans mobbed the popular singer.

2. To crowd into: Visitors mobbed the fairgrounds.

3. To attack in large numbers; overwhelm: The quarterback was mobbed by the defensive line.

[Short for mobile, from Latin mbile (vulgus), fickle (crowd), neuter of mbilis; see mobile.]

mobbish adj.

mobbish·ly adv.

mobs [mɒbz] Informal

pl n

(usually foll by of) great numbers or quantities; lots mobs of people

adv

Austral and NZ a great deal mobs better

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The mobs used to riot there, but they must seek another rallying-place in future.

The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

Several ministers were scattered among the crowd, which, unlike all other mobs, regarded them with such reverence, as if there were sanctity in their very garments.

From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

But they will continue to go to other cities and attract mobs, and hire voices fair and loud and persuasive, and draw the cities over to tyrannies and democracies.

The Republic by Plato View in context