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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a disorderly crowd of people;
[syn: mob, rabble, rout]

2. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities;
[syn: syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, family]

3. an association of criminals;
- Example: "police tried to break up the gang"
- Example: "a pack of thieves"
[syn: gang, pack, ring, mob]


VERB (1)

1. press tightly together or cram;
- Example: "The crowd packed the auditorium"
[syn: throng, mob, pack, pile, jam]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mob \Mob\, n. [See Mobcap.] A mobcap. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mob \Mob\, v. t. To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl. [R.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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