Question

the crowd – dispersed by the police (was /were)​

Answer 1

Answer:

The crowd were diapered by the police

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

the crowd _was– dispersed by the police

explaination: in general with the word crowd. However, due to the phenomenon of "notional agreement", plural agreement is also possible in principle with the word crowd, and may sound acceptable in some circumstances (acceptability judgments for specific examples are likely to differ between speakers).

In general, collective nouns can take either singular agreement, according to their form, or plural agreement, according to their sense