Definition of moby
1. mob [ n ] a disorderly crowd of people
Used in print:("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 throng2. mob [ a ] characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless
Examples:
"mob rule"
"fanned mounting tension into mobbish terrorizing"
"moblike mentality"
(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 disorderly3. mob [ n ] a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
Used in print:(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 Mafia4. mob [ v ] press tightly together or cram
Examples:
"The crowd packed the auditorium"
5. mob [ n ] an association of criminals
Examples:
"police tried to break up the gang"
"a pack of thieves"
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