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Meanings of mob in English

Spanish
sindicato

A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities.

        sindicato
        Portuguese
        gangue
        Catalan
        banda
        Spanish
        pandilla

        An association of criminals.

              gangue
              Portuguese
              multidão
              Catalan
              trepa
              Spanish
              turba

              A disorderly crowd of people.

                    multidão
                    Catalan
                    atapeir
                    Spanish
                    llenar

                    To press tightly together or cram.

                          atapeir
                          Usage of mob in English
                          1
                          Body-guard, ball given by the; and the Versailles mob; protecting the court.
                          The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
                          2
                          Unfortunately, prosecutors say, it has only created new opportunities for the mob.
                          Reuters
                          3
                          Often times they could be seen among those in the lynch mob.
                          Ebony
                          4
                          Soldiers fought to force their way through the mob, weapons held high.
                          Stonewielder
                          5
                          The Protestants continued to smash images; the Catholics to mob the Protestants.
                          The Age of the Reformation
                          6
                          He stopped in the centre of the church, and harangued the mob.
                          The Golden Grasshopper: A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresha...
                          7
                          The Supreme Court last year recommended making mob lynching a separate offense.
                          Reuters
                          8
                          There was plenty in the Legation but the mob barred the way.
                          Korea's Fight for Freedom
                          9
                          February: Soon thereafter, the FBI files begin to note Sinatra's mob affiliations.
                          The sinatra files: the secret fbi dossier
                          10
                          The mob was out of sight, yet she could hear it coming.
                          Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
                          11
                          Who interrogated the workers for information about who instigated the mob attack?
                          Perilous Shield
                          12
                          The army had become a mob; and the mob melted fast away.
                          The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
                          13
                          The Svavelsjö mob was arrested, but they put up quite a fight.
                          The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
                          14
                          Already a great mob filled the space in front of the house.
                          The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The Life of George Leslie Mackay o...
                          15
                          The members of Parliament succeeded with great difficulty in pacifying the mob.
                          A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6
                          16
                          We no longer needed to seek for the mob in the streets.
                          The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
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                          Translations for mob
                          Portuguese
                          ganguemultidão
                          Mob through the time
                          Mob across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Common
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