heavy mobとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

heavy mob (複数形 heavy mobs)

1. (UK, informal) A group of bodyguards, enforcers, burly criminals or police, or similar heavies.
   • 2012, Bill Gardner, Good Afternoon, Gentlemen, the Name's Bill Gardner

     And then the police came and tried to move them away. There are two types of police in Spain – the brown shirts and the blue shirts. One seems to be the local lot and the other are like the heavy mob.

   • 2016, Peter Walsh, Gang War

     As more police arrived, beer bottles were thrown at them. The heavy mob from the Tactical Aid Group finally turned up and closed the club. Officers lined up by the door as the patrons poured out to arrest those they recognised.

使用する際の注意点

Often used with the definite article the.

参照

• “the heavy mob” in the Collins English Dictionary
• “the heavy mob”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.