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mob

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: mob

1
 nv
a disorderly crowd of people
press tightly together or cram
2
 n
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: mob
1

n a disorderly crowd of people

Synonyms:
rabble, rout
Types:
lynch mob
a mob that kills a person for some presumed offense without legal authority
Type of:
crowd
a large number of things or people considered together

v press tightly together or cram

Synonyms:
jam, pack, pile, throng
Type of:
crowd, crowd together
to gather together in large numbers
2

n a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

Synonyms:
crime syndicate, family, syndicate
Types:
Cosa Nostra, Maffia, Mafia
a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
Type of:
gangdom, gangland, organized crime
underworld organizations

n an association of criminals

Synonyms:
gang, pack, ring
Types:
nest
a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
youth gang
a gang whose members are teenagers
sleeper nest
a nest of sleepers awaiting a prearranged signal
Type of:
association
a formal organization of people or groups of people
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