mobocracy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses
    ochlocracy.

WordNet

Mob*oc"ra*cy noun
Etymology
Mob rabble + -cracy, as in democracy.
Definitions
  1. A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights.
    It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our present situation (for one can not call it a government), a mobocracy. Walpole.

Webster 1913