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Definition of moby

"moby" is probably misspelled. Trying mob instead Definition of mob

1. mob [ n ] a disorderly crowd of people

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("Editorials"...)

A British writer , Richard_Haestier , in a book , Dead_Men_Tell_Tales , recalls that in the turmoil preceding French_Revolution the body of Henry_/4 , , who had died nearly 180 years earlier , was torn to pieces by a mob .

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

In the audience a man named Ferguson lost his head and tried to rescue a little girl from the mob , on the same principle which had led Miss_Harris to demand water .

Somehow Dr._Charles_Leale was forced through the mob and squeezed_out into the dingy corridor .

(Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)

El_Dorado was surrounded by a mob .

However , it was virtually impossible to screen the mob outside , even if Bonner had manpower available for the purpose .

Synonyms mob rabble rout Related Terms crowd lynch_mob throng

2. mob [ a ] characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless
Examples: "mob rule" "fanned mounting tension into mobbish terrorizing" "moblike mentality"

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(Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)

Fearful of inviting a military showdown with the West which they could not win , the Communists seek to undermine Western power where the nuclear might of the West is irrelevant - in backwoods guerrilla skirmishes , in mob uprisings in the streets , in parliaments , in clandestine meetings of undercover conspirators , at the United_Nations , on the propaganda front , at diplomatic conferences - preferably at the highest level .

Synonyms moblike mob mobbish Related Terms disorderly

3. mob [ n ] a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

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(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

He was also at this time , although not so interwoven in high politics and the rackets as Torrio and Capone , the most powerful and most dangerous mob leader in the Chicago underworld , the roughneck king .

Synonyms mob syndicate family crime_syndicate Related Terms organized_crime Mafia

4. mob [ v ] press tightly together or cram
Examples: "The crowd packed the auditorium"

Synonyms pile throng jam pack mob Related Terms crowd batch multitude

5. mob [ n ] an association of criminals
Examples: "police tried to break up the gang" "a pack of thieves"

Synonyms gang mob ring pack Related Terms association nest youth_gang organized_crime gangster

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