mob

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A large, disorderly crowd of people, often angry or violent.

   An angry mob gathered outside the courthouse.

2. 2
   noun

   An organized criminal group; the mafia.

   He was rumoured to have ties to the mob.

3. 3
   verb

   To crowd around someone in large numbers, often aggressively.

   Fans mobbed the singer as she left the theatre.

Clipping of mobile. The video-gaming sense is sometimes reported as an abbreviation of man or beast or of mobile object, but these are backronyms.

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