This compound verb means to create or assemble a mob, typically for riotous or violent purposes. Acts uses it to describe how opponents in Thessalonica recruited troublemakers to stir up civic unrest against Paul and Silas. The word combines 'crowd' (ὄχλος) with 'make' (ποιέω), denoting deliberate crowd manipulation. It suggests organized agitation rather than spontaneous gathering—someone is engineering chaos. The term captures the dangerous intersection of religious opposition and civic disorder.