Mob and Vigilante

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Mob noun - A great number of persons or creatures massed together.

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

Nearby Word: mobster

Vigilante noun - One who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense.

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Mob and vigilante are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mob" instead a noun "Vigilante".

Nearby Words: vigilant, vigilantly, vigilance

If the protagonist of the story is an Anti-Hero, such as a vigilante or mob boss, or is wrongly accused, then any form of law enforcement will be the antagonist.

Source: Villain by Default
Lynchings are basically vigilante executions carried out by an angry mob.

Source: Vigilante Execution
Subverted: the "vigilante" (really a hitwoman paid by Falcone) was stopping him from testifying against a mob boss, and the real enraged victim, Bruce Wayne, never got a chance to kill him.

Source: Film / Batman Begins

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