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   Mob

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   noun

   • 1. a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence: "a mob of protesters" Similar crowdhordemultituderabblemassbodythronggrouphostpackpresscrushjamganggatheringswarmassemblagearchaic:rout
   • ▪ the Mafia or a similar criminal organization.
   • ▪ the ordinary people: "the age-old fear that the mob may organize to destroy the last vestiges of civilized life" Similar the common peoplethe massesthe populacethe publicthe multitudethe rank and filethe commonalitythe commonaltythe third estatethe plebeiansthe proletariatthe peasantrythe crowdthe hoi polloithe lower classesthe common herdthe rabblethe riffraffthe canaillethe great unwashedthe dregs of societythe ragtag (and bobtail)the prolesthe plebs

   verb

   • 1. crowd around (someone) in an unruly and excitable way in order to admire or attack them: "he was mobbed by autograph hunters" Similar surroundswarm aroundbesiegejostleharassset uponfall onworrycrowd (into)cram fullfill to overflowingfillpackthrongpress intosqueeze into
   • ▪ (of a group of birds or mammals) surround and attack (a predator or other source of threat) in order to drive it off: "a cuckoo flew over, to be mobbed at once by two reed warblers"
   • ▪ crowd into (a building or place): "an unruly crowd mobbed the White House during an inaugural reception"

   Word Origin late 17th century: abbreviation of archaic mobile, short for Latin mobile vulgus ‘excitable crowd’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mobber noun

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   What does mob mean?

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   What is a mob in crime?

   • A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people. The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering. You can refer to the people involved in organized crime as the Mob . He makes ends meet by working as a forger for the Mob.

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   What does it mean if someone is being mobbed?

   • A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people. The police watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering. If you say that someone is being mobbed by a crowd of people, you mean that the people are trying to talk to them or get near them in an enthusiastic or threatening way. Her car was mobbed by the media.

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   What is a mob attack?

   • MOBS A Mob is a group of near identical Threats, like Anyone inside this radius is hit by the attack. If you are targeting a Mob, the number of individuals in the Mob hit by the explosion is equal to half of the Blast rating. If you are using a theater a crowd of ten Ork Boyz.

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   1 day ago · a. a gang of criminals. b. organized crime, specif. the Mafia (sense 2) Mafia (sense 2a) verb transitive Word forms: mobbed or ˈmobbing. 5. to crowd around and attack. 6. to crowd around and jostle, annoy, etc., as in curiosity or anger.

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   Mob definition: a disorderly or riotous crowd of people. See examples of MOB used in a sentence.

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   mob rule (= a situation in which a mob has control, rather than people in authority) see also lynch mob. Extra Examples. the lawless days of mob rule and anarchy;

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   mob. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English mob1 /mɒb $ mɑːb/ noun [ countable] 1 a large noisy crowd, especially one that is angry and violent mob of a mob of a few hundred demonstrators They were immediately surrounded by the mob. The leadership had been criticized for giving in to mob rule (=when a mob controls the situation ...

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   Apr 15, 2024 · mob (plural mobs) A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. ( archaic) The lower classes of a community; the rabble .