Mob and Oligarchy

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Mob noun - A group involved in secret or criminal activities.

Usage example: the club owner was accused of having connections with a mob of racketeers

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Oligarchy and mob are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Oligarchy" instead a noun "Mob".

Nearby Word: mobster

Oligarchy noun - A political system governed by a few people.

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Mob and oligarchy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mob" instead a noun "Oligarchy".

Nearby Words: oligarch, oligarchic

For Anarky, mob rule isn't the problem behind democracy— oligarchy is.

Source: Comic Book / Anarky
The view of the Romans and most philosophers until The Enlightenment was that Democracy was mob rule and unworkable and utopian and the Roman Republic is precisely an elite oligarchy, who would certainly take offense to hear their institutions being described as a "democracy".

Source: Web Animation / Extra Credits

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