Mob

n.	1.	A mobcap.
v. t.	1.	To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
n.	1.	The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it. A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with their betters. - Addison.
	2.	A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd. The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease. - Pope. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. - Madison. Confused by brainless mobs. - Tennyson. Mob law law administered by the mob; lynch law. Swell mob well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively. - Dickens.
v. t.	1.	To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person. [imp. & p. p. Mobbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mobbing.]

Noun	1.	mob - a disorderly crowd of people Synonyms: rabble, rout
	2.	mob - a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities Synonyms: crime syndicate, syndicate, family
	3.	mob - an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" Synonyms: gang, pack, ring
Verb	1.	mob - press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" Synonyms: jam, throng, pile, pack

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