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Synonyms for mob

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for mob

an enormous number of persons gathered together

an organized group of criminals, hoodlums, or wrongdoers

a very large number of things grouped together

to congregate, as around a person

to fill to excess by compressing or squeezing tightly

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Synonyms for mob

a disorderly crowd of people

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a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

press tightly together or cram

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Because of fear of employers and job loss, most employees in BiH, even at the cost of health risk, do not want to talk about mobbing at all.
'Men and women are equally affected by mobbing, and as a rule, they are always conscientious, responsible and hardworking people, those who love and know how to do their jobs,' Anica Ramic, president of the Stop the Mobbing association, headquartered in Trebinje, told FENA.
In Turkey precautions regarding work health and safety are missing and occupational accidents and ensuing deaths are quite common; though mobbing at the workplace is more frequently mentioned in our country, legal regulations have not yet been fully established.
The rate of mobbing in the European Union is reported to be 15% while 38% of health employees are found to be exposed to psychological mobbing in the United States of America (16).
Mobbing in this research is defined as an organized long-lasting and intense attack on the victim in the workplace.
I recently interviewed Richard and asked him to explain the difference between 'bullying' and 'workplace mobbing' (a term created in the 1980s by research pioneer Dr.
Dando-se assim continuidade aos estudos (11) ja efetuados, e simultaneamente, inovando-se atraves da aplicacao da Escala de Avaliacao de Condutas de Mobbing (EACM).
"Analyses have shown that as result of mobbing, the country loses around 1.7 million denars every month," Mitrovski said.
Initiated most often by a person in a position of power or influence, mobbing has been described as "a desperate urge to crush and eliminate the target.
When the cage held a harmless squirrel, the pups mobbed more than their parents--getting safe mobbing practice.
O reconhecimento do mobbing (2) como uma nova causa de mal-estar e adoecimento no trabalho tem mobilizado pesquisadores da area da saude mental ocupacional e foi objeto de um seminario especial, que antecedeu a programacao do 270 Congresso Internacional de Saude no Trabalho, ocorrido em Foz do Iguacu (PR) em 2002.
A "series of flash mobbing events," the FT had reported, was "being staged by Ford Motor with Sony Pictures Digital to promote the launch of the new Ford Fusion car." Weren't you always concerned about this?