Mafia vs. Mob

Mafianoun

A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.

Mafianoun

A crime syndicate.

Mafianoun

A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.

Mafianoun

An entity which attempts to control a specified arena.

Mafianoun

see maffia, maffioso.

Mafianoun

a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia

Mafianoun

a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century

Mafianoun

any tightly knit group of trusted associates

Mafia

A mafia is a type of organized crime syndicate whose primary activities are protection racketeering, arbitrating disputes between criminals, and brokering and enforcing illegal agreements and transactions. Mafias often engage in secondary activities such as gambling, loan sharking, drug-trafficking, prostitution, and fraud.

Mobnoun

A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.

Mobnoun

(collective noun) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.

Mobnoun

A flock of emus.

Mobnoun

The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the).

Mobnoun

(video games) A non-player character, especially one that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.

Mobnoun

(archaic) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.

Mobnoun

(Australian Aboriginal) A cohesive group of people.

Mobnoun

(obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute.

Mobnoun

A mob cap.

Mobnoun

mobile phone

Mobverb

(transitive) To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.

Mobverb

(transitive) To crowd into or around a place.

Mobverb

(transitive) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.

Mobnoun

A mobcap.

Mobnoun

The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it.

Mobnoun

A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd.

Mobverb

To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.

Mobverb

To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person.

Mobnoun

a disorderly crowd of people

Mobnoun

a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

Mobnoun

an association of criminals;

Mobverb

press tightly together or cram;