Mob or MOB may refer to:

Behavioral phenomena

Crowd Generally speaking, a crowd is defined as a group of people that have gathered for a common purpose or intent such as at a demonstration, a sports event, or during looting (this is known as an acting crowd), or may simply be made up of many ...

* Smart mob, a temporary self-structuring social organization, coordinated through telecommunication

Crime and law enforcement

* American Mafia, also known as the Mob *

Irish Mob The Irish Mob (also known as the Irish mafia or Irish organized crime) is a collective of organized crime syndicates composed of ethnic Irish members which operate primarily in Ireland, the United States, Canada and Australia, and have been in ...

, a US criminal syndicate * A mob, in

organized crime Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally th ...

* MOB, Member of

Bloods The Bloods are a primarily African-American street gang founded in Los Angeles, California. The gang is widely known for its rivalry with the Crips. It is identified by the red color worn by its members and by particular gang symbols, includ ...

, 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 (from Spanish, Italian and Portuguese “vigilante”, which means "sentinel" or "watcher") is a person who ...

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. It has been referred to variously in media and popular culture as the Jewish Mob, Jewish Mafia, Kosher Mob, K ...

** Polish mob ** Japanese mob **

Russian mob Russian organized crime or Russian mafia (, ), otherwise known as Bratva (), is a collective of various organized crime elements originating in the former Soviet Union. The initialism OPG is Organized Criminal (''prestupnaya'' in Russian) Gro ...

** Greek Mob (disambiguation) **

Black Mafia The Black Mafia, also known as the Philadelphia Black Mafia (PBM), Black Muslim Mafia and Muslim Mob, was a Philadelphia-based African-American organized crime syndicate. The organization began as a small criminal collective, known for holdin ...

or Muslim Mob **

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 in ...

** Armenian Mob **

Albanian mafia Albanian mafia or Albanian organized crime ( sq, Mafia Shqiptare) are the general terms used for criminal organizations based in Albania or composed of ethnic Albanians. Albanian organized crime is active in Europe, North America, South America ...

or Albanian Mob **

Serbian mafia Serbian organized crime or Serbian mafia ( sr, Cpпска мафија / Srpska mafija) are various criminal organizations based in Serbia or composed of ethnic Serbs in the former Yugoslavia and Serbian diaspora. The organizations are primari ...

or Serbian Mob ** Romanian mafia or Romanian Mob **

Bulgarian mafia The Bulgarian mafia ( bg, мафия) is a series of organized crime elements originating from Bulgaria. Organized crime groups and activities Modern organized crime is associated with the early 1990s, when weak power and continuous change of go ...

or Bulgarian Mob

Other uses

* Mob, a family group, clan group or wider Aboriginal community group in Australian Aboriginal English * Mob, collective noun for a group of macropods *

Mob (slamball team) The Mob are one of six teams currently competing in SlamBall. History The Mob (then Chicago Mob) were one of the first two slamball teams with the then Los Angeles Rumble whom they played a series of exhibition games with, which the Mob ended up ...

, 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 context, every and any such characters in a game may be considered to be a "mob", or usage of t ...

, 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 ...

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

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's fall is to shout, "Man overboa ...

, 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, 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 tax dollars. The N ...

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

Montreux-Oberland Bernois The Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway (french: link=no, Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland Bernois, german: link=no, Montreux Berner Oberland Bahn, abbreviated MOB), is an electrified railway line that operates in southwest Switzerland. It is one o ...

, Swiss narrow gauge railway (1000mm) * ''Motos Operacionais de Bombeiros'', motorcycles used as ambulances in Brazil

Others

Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság The Hungarian Olympic Committee ( hu, Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság, ''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 Fren ...

, National Olympic Committee of Hungary *

Main Operating Base Main operating base (MOB) is a term used by the United States military defined as a "permanently manned, well protected base, used to support permanently deployed forces, and with robust sea and/or air access". This term was used to differentiate ...

, an overseas, permanently manned, well protected military base *

Marching Owl Band The Marching Owl Band (aka The MOB or the Blues Band of South Main) is the Rice University "marching band" in the sense that it is the official ensemble that performs during football games, some basketball games, parades, and other public events. H ...

, the Rice University "marching band" * Mobile offshore base, a concept for supporting military operations where conventional land bases are not available * MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency *

Mob (gaming) 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 context, every and any such characters in a game may be considered to be a "mob", or usage of t ...