mob
/mɑb/
noun
- A large, disorderly crowd of people, especially one that is angry or violent.
- In the movie, the hero escapes from a mob of furious villagers.
- The police arrived quickly to control the mob before anyone got hurt.
- An angry mob gathered outside the town hall, shouting for justice.
- A group of people involved in organized crime; the Mafia.
- Several members of the mob were arrested in a major FBI operation.
- He wrote a book about his father's life as a mob boss in Chicago.
- The mob controlled most of the illegal gambling in the city during the 1920s.
- Any large group of people or animals, often in a disorderly or informal way.
- A mob of tourists crowded around the famous statue, taking photos.
- The farmer watched a mob of sheep wander across the field.
- A mob of fans rushed the stage after the concert ended.
verb
- To crowd around someone in a disorderly or threatening way.
- Fans mobbed the singer as she tried to leave the theater.
- Bees mobbed the hive entrance when the beekeeper opened it.
- The reporters mobbed the politician as soon as he stepped out of the car.
- To fill a place with a large, disorderly crowd.
- Fans mobbed the stadium gates hours before the game started.
- Shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the big sale.
- Protesters mobbed the square, making it impossible to drive through.