Mob or MOB may refer to:
Behavioral phenomena
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Crowd
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Smart mob
A smart mob is a group whose coordination and communication abilities have been empowered by digital communication technologies. Smart mobs are particularly known for their ability to mobilize quickly.
The concept was introduced by Howard Rhei ...
, a temporary self-structuring social organization, coordinated through telecommunication
Crime and law enforcement
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American Mafia
The American Mafia, commonly referred to in North America as the Italian American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian American criminal society and organized crime group. The organization is often referred to by its membe ...
, also known as the Mob
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Irish Mob, a US criminal syndicate
* A mob, in
organized crime
* MOB, Member of
Bloods, a member of the Bloods street gang
* A group of
vigilantes
* Other criminal organizations sometimes referred to as a "mob" include:
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Jewish mob
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Polish mob
Polish-American organized crime has existed in the United States throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Although not as well known as Italian, Irish, Russian mafias, the Polish Mob has a presence in many urban Polish American communities.
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Japanese mob
, also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by request of the police, call them , while the ''yakuza'' call themselves . The English equivalent for the ter ...
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Russian mob
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Greek Mob (disambiguation)
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Black Mafia or Muslim Mob
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State Line Mob
The State Line Mob was an association of criminal elements that operated in the 1950s and 1960s at the Mississippi–Tennessee state line in Alcorn County, Mississippi, and McNairy County, Tennessee, along U.S. Route 45. The State Line Mob was inv ...
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Armenian Mob
Armenian Power 13, also known as AP, the Armenian Mob, or Armenian Mafia is an Armenian criminal organization and street gang founded and currently based in Los Angeles County, California.Krikorian, Michael (August 17, 1997)Violent Gang Is a Stain ...
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Albanian mafia or Albanian Mob
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Serbian mafia or Serbian Mob