noun
Meaning 1
Government by violent gangs, or by the masses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
mob rule
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Across languages
Translations
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- Chinese Mandarin: 暴民統治 /暴民统治 (bàomín tǒngzhì) — government by the masses
- Czech: ochlokracie — government by the masses
- Czech: lůzovláda — government by the masses
- Finnish: oklokratia — government by the masses
- Finnish: rahvaanvalta — government by the masses
- French: voyoucratie — government by the masses
- French: ochlocratie — government by the masses
- German: Pöbelherrschaft — government by the masses
- Swedish: mobbvälde — government by the masses
- Swedish: mobbstyre — government by the masses