Antimob

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Opposing the actions of a mob.

    "By 1811 and 1812, magistrates like De Witt Clinton used the antimob rhetoric of the late 1790s and moved forcefully to restrain political popular disorder."

Example

More examples

"By 1811 and 1812, magistrates like De Witt Clinton used the antimob rhetoric of the late 1790s and moved forcefully to restrain political popular disorder."

Etymology

From anti- + mob.

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