ochlopoieo describes forming a mob that throws a city into upheaval.

The attested use describes the action of forming a mob that contributes to a city being set in uproar.

1. Forming a mob for public upheaval · dominant

   In Acts 17:5, the aorist active nominative plural masculine participle occurs with men taken from the marketplace before the city is set in uproar. The APB renders the surrounding action as "formed a mob, and set the city in an uproar."

   Acts 17:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 17:5, the APB presents the action within the sequence "formed a mob, and set the city in an uproar." Its precise English contribution cannot be isolated beyond that clause.