och·loc·ra·cy (?k-l?k?r?-s?)n. pl. och·loc·ra·cies Government by the masses; mob rule.[French ochlocratie, from Greek okhlokrati? : okhlos, mob; see wegh- in Indo-European roots + -krati?, -cracy.]och?lo·crat? (?k?l?-kr?t?) n.och?lo·crat?ic, och?lo·crat?i·cal adj.och?lo·crat?i·cal·ly adv.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.ochlocracy (?k?l?kr?s?) n, pl -cies (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) rule by the mob; mobocracy[C16: via French, from Greek okhlokratia, from okhlos mob + kratos power] ochlocrat n ochlocratic, ochlocratical adj ?ochlo?cratically advCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014och?loc?ra?cy (?k?l?k r? si) n. government by the mob; mob rule. [1475?85;