The Mohocks were allegedly a gang of violent, well-born criminals that terrorized London in the early 18th century, attacking men and women alike. Taking their name from the Mohawk Indians, they were said to kill or disfigure their male victims and sexually assault their female victims. The matter came to a head in 1712 when a bounty of £100 was ...
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(from the article `gang`) ...Roman politics for years. Violent street gangs—which generated the same kind of concern as their modern-day successors—also can be identified in ...
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The Mohocks were ruffians usually armed with razors and knives, who went about London at night, wounding and disfiguring men and indecently exposing women. A reward of one hundred pounds was offered by royal proclamation in 1712 for apprehending any one of them. One of their favourite tricks was to roll a victim down Snow Hill in a tub, another was...
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