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(), n.[See Mobcap.] A mobcap. Goldsmith. Mob v. t.To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl. [R.] Mob n.[L. mobile vulgus, the movable common people. See Mobile, n.] 1. The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it. A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with their betters. Addison. 2. Hence: A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd. The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease. Pope. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. Madison. Confused by brainless mobs. Tennyson. Mob law, law administered by the mob; lynch law. Swell mob, well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively. [Slang] Dickens. Mob v. t.[imp. & p. p.Mobbed (); p. pr. & vb. n.Mobbing.] To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person. スポンサード リンク
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