mobocracy
/mɑˈbɑkrəsi/
noun
- A situation in which a mob or unruly crowd controls the government or society, often through violence or intimidation.
- The revolution quickly turned into a mobocracy, with angry crowds taking over the streets.
- Historians sometimes describe the French Revolution's Reign of Terror as a period of mobocracy.
- The mayor warned that ignoring the rule of law would lead to mobocracy.
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