mob rule
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmobandrule
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mob
noun[+ sing/pl verb]
uk/mɒb/us/mɑːb/
usuallydisapproving
a large, angry crowd, especially one that could easily ...
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rule
noun
uk/ruːl/us/ruːl/
an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed ...
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(Definition ofmobandrulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Mobrulehas nothing on it.
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This is nothing less thanmobrule.
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That is the way tomobrule.
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The register may lead tomobrule.
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It ismobruleon the rampage.
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We cannot have a form ofmobrule.
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It was intimidation and a move towardsmobrule.
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This cannot be described generally asmobrule.
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It also allowed him to associate himself with an image of the navy opposed to domestic disorder and as a bulwark againstmobrule.
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These cases, with their armed chases across the countryside and clashes betweenmobruleand aristocratic right, were high drama indeed.
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These southern cities caused secessionists to worry that they were going the way of northern cities with theirmobrule, contentious 'democratic' politics and misplaced loyalties.
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Where there ismobrulein certain areas, that is a very different situation.
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Never let us suppose that demonstrations are students' phenomena ormobrule.
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Mobruleand collective bargaining by riot can have no place in a modern democracy.
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One could not envisagemobruleplaying any part in industrial democracy.
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However, restrictions of this kind are, frankly, giving way tomobrule.
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We have failed in that duty because so many people were up againstmobrule.
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There wasmobrulein my constituency during the coal strike.
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Mobrule, the rule of force—that is all it is.
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Apparently overnight they have been turned into a mob withmobrule, will and decision.
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That is to substitutemobrulefor the rule of law.
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Mobrulehas defied democratic authority and has won a battle.
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The rule of law, notmobrule, must prevail in this nation.
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Blackmail, bullying, mass hooliganism andmobrulehave no place in a true democracy.
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That contribution has been frequent ministerial rhetorical denunciations ofmobrule.
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