n.

1. A large disorderly crowd or throng. See synonyms at crowd¹.
2. The mass of common people; the populace.
3. Informal.
   1. An organized gang of criminals; a crime syndicate.
   2. often Mob Organized crime. Often used with the: a murder suspect with links to the Mob.
4. An indiscriminate or loosely associated group of persons or things: a mob of boats in the harbor.
5. Australian. A flock or herd of animals.

tr.v., mobbed, mob·bing, mobs.

1. To crowd around and jostle or annoy, especially in anger or excessive enthusiasm: Eager fans mobbed the popular singer.
2. To crowd into: Visitors mobbed the fairgrounds.
3. To attack in large numbers; overwhelm: The quarterback was mobbed by the defensive line.

[Short for mobile, from Latin mōbile (vulgus), fickle (crowd), neuter of mōbilis. See mobile.]

mobbish mob'bish adj.
mobbishly mob'bish·ly adv.

noun

1. An enormous number of persons gathered together: crowd, crush, drove, flock, horde, mass, multitude, press, ruck¹, swarm, throng. See big/small/amount, group.
2. The common people: common (used in plural), commonality, commonalty, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), populace, public, ruck¹, third estate. See over/under.
3. An organized group of criminals, hoodlums, or wrongdoers: band², gang, pack, ring¹. See group.
4. A very large number of things grouped together: army, cloud, crowd, drove, flock, horde, host, legion, mass, multitude, ruck¹, score (used in plural), swarm, throng. See big/small/amount, group.

verb

1. To congregate, as around a person: crowd, flock, press, throng. See collect/distribute, tighten/loosen.
2. To fill to excess by compressing or squeezing tightly: cram, crowd, jam, load, pack, stuff. Informal jam-pack. See full/empty/capacity, tighten/loosen.

v

Definition: come upon by pushing; surround
Antonyms: avoid, ignore, leave alone, shun

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Australian vernacular for a group of sheep which stay together for an extended period. Also a name for a group of kangaroos.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A disorderly crowd of people; An association of criminals.

It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob. — Seneca

Quotes:

"The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny." - Edmund Burke

"Are we aware of our obligations to a mob? It is the mob that labor in your fields and serve in your houses -- that man your navy, and recruit your army -- that have enabled you to defy the world, and can also defy you when neglect and calamity have driven them to despair. You may call the people a mob; but do not forget that a mob too often speaks the sentiments of the people." - Lord Byron

"The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. Its fit hour of activity is night. Its actions are insane like its whole constitution. It persecutes a principle; it would whip a right; it would tar and feather justice, by inflicting fire and outrage upon the houses and persons of those who have these. It resembles the prank of boys, who run with fire-engines to put out the ruddy aurora streaming to the stars." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led." - Edgar Allan Poe

"The mob has many heads but no brains." - English Proverb

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - flok, hob, pøbel
v. tr. - omringe, stimle sammen, mobbe

Nederlands (Dutch)
menigte, gepeupel, bende, kliek, maffia, samenscholen, in bende aanvallen, bestormen

Français (French)
n. - foule, gang, la Mafia, clique, populace (péj), peuple
v. tr. - assaillir, se presser en foule autour, assiéger

Deutsch (German)
n. - Masse, Bande, Mob, Pöbel
v. - belagern, (mit einer Bande) angreifen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - όχλος, σπείρα, συμμορία, (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) η Μαφία
v. - πολιορκώ, (περι)κυκλώνω

Italiano (Italian)
folla, gentaglia, banda, assalire

Português (Portuguese)
n. - multidão (f), ralé (f)
v. - cercar (em tumulto)

Русский (Russian)
толпа, чернь, шайка, стадо, толпиться, нападать толпой

Español (Spanish)
n. - multitud, muchedumbre, tropel, populacho, gentuza, turba, clase baja, La Mafia
v. tr. - acosar, atropellar, asaltar, rodear, atestar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pöbel, krets, trupp, gangsterliga
v. - omringa, ofreda, invadera, skocka sig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
暴民, 暴徒, 民众, 大举包围, 围攻, 乱挤

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 暴民, 暴徒, 民眾
v. tr. - 大舉包圍, 圍攻, 亂擠

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성난 군중, 떼거리, 하층민
v. tr. - 떼를 지어 공격하다, ~이 쇄도하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 暴徒, やじ馬連, 大衆, 大衆向けの, 大いに, 動物の群れ
v. - 群れをなして襲う, …にどっと押しかける, 群がる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جمهور, جماهير (فعل) يتجمهر, يحتشد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אספסוף, המון, מאפיה (פשע מאורגן), כנופית פושעים‬
v. tr. - ‮התנפל על, הקיפו מכל עבר, נהרו לתוך (בניין)‬

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