Mob or MOB may refer to:

Behavioral phenomena

Crowd A crowd is as a group of people that have gathered for a common purpose or intent. Examples are a Demonstration (people), demonstration, a Sport, sports event, or a looting (classified in sociology as an acting crowd). A crowd may also simply ...

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

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 terms Italian Mafia and Italian Mob apply to ...

, also known as the Mob * Irish Mob, a US criminal syndicate * A mob, in

organized crime Organized crime is a category of transnational organized crime, transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally thought of as a f ...

* MOB, Member of

Bloods The Bloods are a primarily African Americans, African American street gang which was founded in Los Angeles, California. The gang is widely known for Crips–Bloods gang war, its rivalry with the Crips. It is identified by the red color worn ...

, a member of the Bloods street gang * A group of

vigilante Vigilantism () is the act of preventing, investigating, and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without legal authority. A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism, or undertakes public safety and retributive justice ...

s * Other criminal organizations sometimes referred to as a "mob" include: **

Jewish mob Jewish-American organized crime initially emerged within the American Jewish community during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In media and popular culture, it has variously been referred to as the Jewish Mob, the Jewish Mafia, the Kos ...

Polish mob Polish-American organized crime has existed in the United States throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Although not as well known as Cosa Nostra or Irish and Russian crime groups, the Polish Mob has a presence in many urban Polish American co ...

** Japanese mob **

Russian mob The Russian mafia ( or ), also known as Bratva ( ; ) less as Obshchak (Общак) or Brigades (Бригады) , is a collective of various organized crime related elements originating or/and operating in Russia. In December 2009, Timur ...

** Greek Mob (disambiguation) ** Black Mafia or Muslim Mob ** State Line Mob ** Armenian Mob **

Albanian mafia Albanian mafia or Albanian organized crime () are the general terms used for criminal organizations based in Albania or composed of ethnic Albanians. Albanian organized crime is active mostly in Europe and South America, but also in various other ...

or Albanian Mob **

Serbian mafia The Serbian mafia (), or Serbian organized crime, are various criminal organizations based in Serbia or composed of ethnic Serbs in the former Yugoslavia and Serbian diaspora. The organizations are primarily involved in smuggling, arms traffick ...

or Serbian Mob **

Romanian mafia The Romanian mafia or Romanian organized crime (), known in Romania as "Clanuri Interlope", is the category of organized crime groups whose members are citizens of Romania or living abroad in the Romanian diaspora. In recent years they have ...

or Romanian Mob ** Bulgarian mafia or Bulgarian Mob

Other uses

* Mob, a family group, clan group or wider Aboriginal community group in

Australian Aboriginal English Australian Aboriginal English (AAE or AbE) is a set of dialects of the English language used by a large section of the Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander) population as a result of the colonisation of Aust ...

* Mob, collective noun for a group of macropods *

Mob (slamball team) SlamBall is a hybrid sport combining elements from basketball, American football, hockey, and gymnastics played with four trampolines in front of each net and boards around the court edge. While SlamBall is based on basketball, it is a contact ...

, a SlamBall team based in Chicago *

Mob (video games) A mob, short for mobile or mobile object, is a computer-controlled non-player character (NPC) in a video game such as an MMORPG or MUD. Depending on the context, every and any such character in a game may be considered to be a "mob", or usage of th ...

, a term for non-player characters *

Shigeo Kageyama , nicknamed , is the protagonist from One's manga series ''Mob Psycho 100''. Shigeo Kageyama is an average middle school-aged boy. Although he looks like an inconspicuous person, he is in fact a powerful esper with immense psychic power. To keep ...

, nicknamed "Mob", protagonist of the manga and anime ''Mob Psycho 100'' * Mob as in a team of 100 contestants playing against a single contestant in a game show ''

Eén tegen 100 ''Eén tegen 100'' (''1 vs. 100'') is a Dutch game show that has been airing since 3 September 2000 on various channels with Caroline Tensen as host. The game pits a single contestant against 100 other people for a chance to win a larger cash p ...

'' (also known as '' 1 vs. 100'') *

Mobil Mobil Oil Corporation, now known as just Mobil, is a petroleum brand owned and operated by American oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil, formerly known as Exxon, which took its current name after history of ExxonMobil#merger, it and Mobil merge ...

, which formerly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker MOB

As an abbreviation

Transportation

Man overboard "Man overboard!" is an exclamation given aboard a vessel to indicate that a member of the crew or a passenger has fallen off of the ship into the water and is in need of immediate rescue. Whoever sees the person fall is to shout, "Man overboar ...

, a person who has fallen off a boat or ship and is in need of rescue *

Mobile Regional Airport Mobile Regional Airport is a public/military airport west of Mobile, Alabama, Mobile, in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The airport is owned and operated by the Mobile Airport Authority, a self-funded entity that receives no local ta ...

(IATA airport code), located in Mobile, Alabama *

Montreux-Oberland Bernois The Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway (, , abbreviated MOB) is a company that operates an electrified railway line, the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line, in southwest Switzerland, one of the oldest electric railways in the country. Its main lin ...

, a Swiss railway company * ''Motos Operacionais de Bombeiros'', motorcycles used as ambulances in Brazil

Others

Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság The Hungarian Olympic Committee (, , MOB) is the National Olympic Committee representing Hungary. History The Hungarian Olympic Committee was founded on 19 December 1895, as sixth in the world, following the French, Greek, American, German an ...

, National Olympic Committee of Hungary * Main Operating Base, an overseas, permanently manned, well protected military base * Marching Owl Band, the Rice University "marching band" *

Mobile offshore base Mobile offshore base (MOB), sometimes called a joint mobile offshore base (JMOB), is a concept for supporting military operations beyond the home shores, where conventional land bases are not available, by deploying on the high seas or in coastal ...

, a concept for supporting military operations where conventional land bases are not available *

MobileCoin MobileCoin, also known as Sentz, is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency developed by MobileCoin Inc., which was founded in 2017 by Josh Goldbard and Shane Glynn. History MobileCoin, was founded in 2017 by Joshua Goldbard and Shane Glynn. Signal's M ...