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The term '''mob''' has two main meanings.
 
The term '''mob''' has two main meanings.
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1. From the [[Latin]] ''mobile vulgus'' 'the fickle people', it means a crowd - specifically, an unruly crowd, easily swayed by [[demagogue]]s.  
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1. From the [[Latin]] ''mobile vulgus'' 'the fickle people', it means a [[crowd]] - specifically, an unruly crowd, easily swayed by [[demagogue]]s.  
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2. By extension from the above definition, the term 'mob' became used to describe criminal gangs, and the apperatus of organised crime.
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2. By extension from the above definition, the term 'mob' became used to describe criminal [[gang]]s, and the apparatus of organized crime.
     
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