English

Alternative forms

• mobhanded
• mob handed

Adjective

mob-handed ‎(comparative more mob-handed, superlative most mob-handed)

1. (Britain) Being a member of a group, especially one with violent or threatening intent.
   • 2005, Quintin Jardine, Lethal Intent

     'I didn't expect to see you today,' he went on, 'especially not mob-handed. Mind you, I don't remember a great deal about seeing you yesterday.'

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:mob-handed.

Adverb

mob-handed ‎(comparative more mob-handed, superlative most mob-handed)

1. (Britain) As a member of a group, especially one with violent or threatening intent.
   • 2014 September 5, Tonkin, Boyd, “Ashya King showed we still don’t know the limits of liberty”, in The Independent:

     The forces of the law waded in mob-handed when, it seems, they ought to have applied a lighter, more consensual touch.