mob
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5.3
- noun
- /mɑb/
:
mafia
- The notorious mob ran illegal gambling operations throughout the city.
- mob boss
- mob violence
- mob attacks
So that's where the mob gets involved with drugs.
- So that's where the mob gets involved with drugs.
- So I think, let me call my mob friends, right?
- But never any business like being in Italian mob mob.
- I mean, it's, well, probably one of the most feared mob guys in history.
- I'm sorry, Trump just doesn't seem tough enough to be a mob boss.
- What kind of a guy was Scappy, scappy, old school, old time mob guy that died in prison.
- That was one of the genius conceits of the whole show, the mob boss having talk therapy.
- The people have convinced her and the mob kills Jared.
- So lookout for your cars, reasonably priced cars as a crazy little mob, just like the Italian Job.
- And it was a promo for the the mob week.
Examples
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On occasion, the mob even turned to good deeds that have enhanced its reputation.
Academic text (2016) -
Well, from the Mob, yeah.
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So I was always around mob guys since birth.
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So I think, let me call my mob friends, right?
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I mean, it's, well, probably one of the most feared mob guys in history.
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Next time I bring the whole mob, you know what I'm saying?
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In Cincinnati, there was a great mob influence.
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He was in the Mob, but yet he wanted you to be a hero.
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Their father was mob boss Anthony Cigliutti.
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The Mob aren't what they used to be, Ms. Laird.
Synonyms
832
2.8
A group of people who commit crimes together
263
7.2
A group of people who work together to do illegal things
130
4.4
A secret group that commits crimes and controls illegal businesses
34
7.3
A group of people who run illegal businesses together
8
4.5
An organized group of criminals who work together to do illegal things
1
6.7
An organized criminal group from Sicily that uses violence to control illegal businesses
Compounds
- Offensive
13
9.4
A group of people who kill or threaten to kill someone without a trial because of hate
- Texting
9
4.6
A group of people who suddenly gather in public to perform a planned unusual act and then leave
- Offensive
A group of people who quickly and strongly criticise others online for social or political views
How Organized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mob was later used for organized criminals because strong groups of people were called 'the mob' and the name stuck to gangs that worked together. So when people say 'the mob' they often mean a criminal group that acts as one.