mobbing
Crows harassing owl
Mobbing is coordinated harassment or bullying, typically by a group against an individual in a workplace or social setting: The constant mobbing drove her to resign.
In animal behavior, mobbing describes smaller birds attacking a predator en masse to drive it away.
The workplace sense emphasizes sustained, organized mistreatment rather than a single incident.
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
- bullyingAggressive repeated intimidation
- ganging upJoining forces against someone
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
- ostracismBanishment from a group
exclusion · victimization · hostile environment · power imbalance · retaliation · whistleblower · coworker · supervisor
Gathering in large numbers
- flockingGathering in crowds
- crowsLarge black corvids
- preyAnimal being hunted
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
defense · birds · territorial · chasing · diving · nesting · alarm calls · raptors
Dense pressing crowd
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- swarmMass of moving insects
- rushQuick sudden movement
- surgeSudden powerful increase
stampede · overwhelm · crowd · masses · frenzy · chaos · pack · crush
Extrajudicial killing by mob
- vigilanteExtralegal justice-seeker
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- attackAggressive act against another
- assaultViolent offensive act
riot · violence · racism · hate crime · KKK · hanging · brutality · extrajudicial
harassment
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
- bullyingAggressive repeated intimidation
- ganging upJoining forces against someone
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
ostracism · exclusion · victimization · hostile environment · power imbalance · retaliation · whistleblower · coworker · supervisor · HR
swarming
Gathering in large numbers
predator · defense · birds · territorial · chasing · diving · nesting · alarm calls · raptors · intruder
throng
Dense pressing crowd
surge · stampede · overwhelm · crowd · masses · frenzy · chaos · pack · crush · besieging
lynching
Extrajudicial killing by mob
- vigilanteExtralegal justice-seeker
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- attackAggressive act against another
assault · riot · violence · racism · hate crime · KKK · hanging · brutality · extrajudicial · torch
- animal behavioranimal behavior, instincts, learned behavior, conditioning, social behavior
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- bird behaviorsflying, soaring, perching, nesting, migrating
- intimidationthreats, threatening, menacing, intimidate, bullying
- Anglicismsapp, baby, blog, brunch, chat
- cyber conflictstrolling, cyberbullying, flame war, online harassment, doxing
mobbingdefending
Protecting against harm
protecting · rallying around · supporting · shielding · championing
mobbingdispersing
Spreading widely apart
scattering · fleeing · retreating · emptiness · abandonment
mob, mobile, mobility, automobile, mobilize, immobile, mobs, mobster, mobbed