pitchfork mob
Torch-bearing crowd
A pitchfork mob is an angry crowd seeking to punish someone, evoking the image of villagers storming a castle with farm tools and torches.
The phrase usually appears figuratively for public outrage demanding swift justice or retribution: The online pitchfork mob came for him after the video went viral.
It often implies the crowd's anger is disproportionate or misdirected.
- torchesPortable fire on poles
- angry mobHostile crowd seeking retribution
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
- angryFeeling strong displeasure
- mob mentalityCollective irrationality in groups
riot · uprising · mad scientist · peasants · revolt · run out of town · monster · monster movie · castle · horde · rabble · fury · chase · hunt · flames · townspeople · town square · vigilante
- mob violenceriot, lynching, lynch mob, mob justice, vigilantism
- vigilantismvigilante, vigilantism, lynch mob, lynching, mob justice
pitchfork mobcourt of law
Judicial body for disputes
due process · fair trial · impartial jury · rule of law · legal process
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