mob

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

mob (mŏb)n.
1. A large disorderly crowd or throng. See Synonyms at crowd¹.
2. The mass of common people; the populace.
3. Informal.
a. An organized gang of criminals; a crime syndicate.
b. often Mob Organized crime. Often used with the:
a murder suspect with links to the Mob.
4. An indiscriminate or loosely associated group of persons or things:
a mob of boats in the harbor.
5. Australian. A flock or herd of animals.tr.v. mobbed, mob·bing, mobs
1. To crowd around and jostle or annoy, especially in anger or excessive enthusiasm:
Eager fans mobbed the popular singer.
2. To crowd into:
Visitors mobbed the fairgrounds.
3. To attack in large numbers; overwhelm:
The quarterback was mobbed by the defensive line. [Short for mobile, from Latin mōbile (vulgus), fickle (crowd), neuter of mōbilis. See mobile.] mobʹbish adj.mobʹbish·ly adv.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gang, pack, ring, syndicate, crime syndicate, family, rabble, rout, throng, pile, jam