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1. A disorderly crowd of people
   - rabble, rout [N. Amer], scrum [Brit]
    
2. A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
   - syndicate, crime syndicate, family
    
3. An association of criminals
   "police tried to break up the mob"
   - gang, pack, ring

1. Press tightly together or cram
   "The crowd mobbed the auditorium"
   - throng, pack, pile, jam

Derived forms: mobs, mobbed, mobbing

See also: mobster

Type of: association, crowd, crowd together, gangdom, gangland, organised crime [Brit], organized crime

Part of: gangdom, gangland, organised crime [Brit], organized crime

Encyclopedia: Mob