mob
/mɑb/ noun B2- A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action. · See also: Mob (the masses)
- A group of animals of any kind.
- A group of kangaroos.
- A group of any marsupial.
- A group of emus.
- A mafia: a group that engages in organized crime. · See also: Mob, Mafia (proper noun senses for specific ones)
- A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
Plural mobs
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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They drank at the tanks and made the water all muddy, and then they fought over it, and then they would all rush together in mobs and shout: “There is no one in the jungle so wise and good and clever and strong and gentle as the Bandar-log.
At the station he captured Miss Lantry out of the gadding mob at eight thirty-two.
Brady wasn’t onto that little outdoor vehicle mob scene.
At last he made his way through the mob, which was continually increasing and getting more and more turbulent, and reached the hotel.
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