1
: a large and disorderly crowd of people
especially
: one bent on riotous or destructive action
2
informal
: a large number of people
a mob of shoppers clogged the aisles
a team greeted by mobs of fans
3
: a criminal set : gang
4
old-fashioned
: the common people : masses
5
chiefly Australia
: a flock, drove, or herd of animals
mobbed; mobbing
1
: to crowd about and attack or annoy
mobbed by autograph hunters
a crow mobbed by songbirds
2
: to crowd into or around
customers mob the stores on sale days
Examples of mob in a Sentence
Noun
The angry mob smashed store windows and attacked people on the streets.
The police had to be called in to handle the growing mob.
He was jailed for his dealings with the Mob.
Verb
The actor's fans mobbed him wherever he went.
Shoppers mobbed the stores during the holidays.
Recent Examples on the Web
Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Reporters from around the country followed the case, which marked the first time ever that prosecutors would play for a jury a surreptitious FBI recording of mob soldiers taking the oath of omerta during a mafia initiation ceremony.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
John Otis, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Her teammates then mobbed her with a huge celebration for her first goal.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
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Noun
There’s also another layer to the twins’ mob heist, which is that Capone had ties to the U.S. government, fostering a relationship between organized crime and government officials that would increase following World War II.
—Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Reporters from around the country followed the case, which marked the first time ever that prosecutors would play for a jury a surreptitious FBI recording of mob soldiers taking the oath of omerta during a mafia initiation ceremony.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
Many colorful details of the scene — a 17-year-old boy possibly mistaken for a Beatle was mobbed by the crowd while crossing 42nd street — were cut for space between editions.
—John Otis, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Her teammates then mobbed her with a huge celebration for her first goal.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Mob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mob. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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