mob

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: rabbleroutsyndicatecrime syndicatefamilygangpackringthrongpilejam

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a disorderly crowd of peopleSynonyms: rabblerout
  2. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activitiesSynonyms: syndicatecrime syndicatefamily
  3. an association of criminals“police tried to break up the gang”“a pack of thieves”Synonyms: gangpackring

Verb (1)

  1. press tightly together or cram“The crowd packed the auditorium”Synonyms: throngpackpilejam
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Mob \Mob\, n. [L. mobile vulgus, the movable common people. See Mobile, n.]

1.The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it. [1913 Webster]

A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with their betters.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

2.Hence: A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd. [1913 Webster]

The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.— Madison.[1913 Webster]
Confused by brainless mobs.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

3.A criminal organization or organized criminal gangs, collectively; the Mafia; the syndicate; as, he was a lawyer for the mob. [PJC]

Mob law, law administered by the mob; lynch law.

Swell mob, well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively. [Slang] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

Mob \Mob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mobbing.] To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person. [1913 Webster]
Mob \Mob\, n. [See Mobcap.] A mobcap. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Mob \Mob\, v. t. To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl. [R.] [1913 Webster]
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