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Meanings of mob in English
Spanish
sindicato A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities.
Usage of mob in English
1
Body-guard, ball given by the; and the Versailles mob; protecting the court.
2
Unfortunately, prosecutors say, it has only created new opportunities for the mob.
3
Often times they could be seen among those in the lynch mob.
4
Soldiers fought to force their way through the mob, weapons held high.
5
The Protestants continued to smash images; the Catholics to mob the Protestants.
6
He stopped in the centre of the church, and harangued the mob.
7
The Supreme Court last year recommended making mob lynching a separate offense.
8
There was plenty in the Legation but the mob barred the way.
9
February: Soon thereafter, the FBI files begin to note Sinatra's mob affiliations.
10
The mob was out of sight, yet she could hear it coming.
11
Who interrogated the workers for information about who instigated the mob attack?
12
The army had become a mob; and the mob melted fast away.
13
The Svavelsjö mob was arrested, but they put up quite a fight.
14
Already a great mob filled the space in front of the house.
15
The members of Parliament succeeded with great difficulty in pacifying the mob.
16
We no longer needed to seek for the mob in the streets.
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United Kingdom
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