Mob — Defs

01 n. A mobcap.

02 v. t. To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.

03 n. The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it.

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.
3.
A criminal organization or organized criminal gangs, collectively; the Mafia; the syndicate; as, he was a lawyer for the mob.

Phrases & compounds

Mob law — law administered by the mob; lynch law.

Swell mob — well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively.

04 v. t. 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

1.
To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person.