flash mob
noun
: a group of people summoned (as by email or text message) to a designated location at a specified time to perform an indicated action before dispersing
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Since its passage, property and retail theft have skyrocketed, with flash mobs becoming commonplace at shopping centers to steal goods.
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Diane Dixon, Orange County Register, 15 Oct. 2024
Three people were charged for allegedly robbing the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center as part of a flash mob that made off with more than $90,000 in merchandise.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
More than a dozen instances of the flash mob crimes have occurred throughout the summer since July in the Orange County area, with teenagers biking to convenience stores, forcing their way inside and robbing the stores of merchandise and money, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2024
California parents turned their children in after the Los Angeles Police Department asked for the public’s help finding juveniles who partook in multiple flash mob robberies at 7-Eleven stores and fled on bicycles.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Diane Dixon, Orange County Register, 15 Oct. 2024
Three people were charged for allegedly robbing the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center as part of a flash mob that made off with more than $90,000 in merchandise.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
More than a dozen instances of the flash mob crimes have occurred throughout the summer since July in the Orange County area, with teenagers biking to convenience stores, forcing their way inside and robbing the stores of merchandise and money, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2024
California parents turned their children in after the Los Angeles Police Department asked for the public’s help finding juveniles who partook in multiple flash mob robberies at 7-Eleven stores and fled on bicycles.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Flash mob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flash%20mob. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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