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      mob
      noun
      A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
      A mafia: a group that engages in organized crime.
      (video games) A creature or non-player character, especially one meant to be fought or killed.
      (collective) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
      (collective) A group of kangaroos.
      (collective) A group of emus.
      (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
      A mob cap.
      (chiefly Japanese media) A background character in general.
      The masses, especially the 'great unwashed masses': the general population, or rabble, viewed as one mob of unruly, disorganized people predisposed to violence and malevolence.
      The Mafia: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian–Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one).
      Abbreviation of mobile phone. [A portable telephone that connects with the telephone network by means of radio transmissions.]
      Initialism of mother of the bride.
      (archaic) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
      (obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute.
      verb
      (transitive) To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
      (transitive) To crowd into or around a place.
      (transitive) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
      adjective
      Initialism of missing on blog, the act of abandoning ones blog (or weblog) for an extended period of time.
      (dentistry) Initialism of mesio occlusal buccal.
      Roots
      mobilismob- · Latin · movable
      Synonyms for mob
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      Where does mob come from?

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