1. a disorderly crowd of people; a mob
Usage: often derogatory
2. the common people regarded as socially inferior
Usage: derogatory; dated

Examples

• The rabble gathered outside the courthouse demanding justice.
• Police dispersed the angry rabble before violence could break out.
• The politician dismissed his critics as nothing more than rabble.
• A rabble of protesters blocked the entrance to the building.
• The aristocrat looked down on what he called the rabble.
• The rabble roused by the speech grew increasingly hostile.