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heavy mob

noun

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  1. A group of bodyguards, enforcers, burly criminals or police, or similar heavies.

    • 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.
    • 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.

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