mob rule
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The word, to most of them, suggested mob rule and demagoguery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
But its inevitable outcome, he argues, is mob rule, bitter factional division, the debasement of civic culture and finally some version of Caesarism.
From Salon • Jan. 5, 2025
Defending both men, Paul Lewis said: "As they stand before you after a period of reflection, they both now recognise there is no grievance that can be properly addressed by mob rule."
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024
“Curb’s” knack for showing how easily an innocent interaction can devolve into mob rule is epitomized by the Season 2 episode “Shaq.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024
The Havana volunteers, made up of the Spanish-born residents, in whose favor the government of the island has always been arranged, took possession of Havana, and put it under mob rule.
From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by White, Trumbull
