Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
muggar .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A thief who takes property by threatening (or performing) violence on the person who is robbed; a person who commits a mugging; one who mugs. See
mug , v. t. - The common crocodile (
Crocodilus palustris ) of India, the East Indies, etc. It becomes twelve feet or more long.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
street robber . - noun A person who makes
exaggerated faces , as aperformance ; agurner . - noun A large
crocodile Crocodilus palustris ofsouthwest Asia , having a very broadwrinkled snout .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
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Examples
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Truslove will be mugged on the way home from the party — all the more humiliatingly when he discovers that the mugger is a woman — and his experience and perspective will be central to the narrative.
A Comedy of Anti- and Philo-Semitism Takes a Prize Martin Rubin 2010
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I was watching the film and thinking, 'This doesn't feel right,' and then at the end you see that the mugger is laughing, and has somehow been caught on camera.
Can 'fake' documentaries still tell the truth? Xan Brooks 2010
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All the hugger and mugger is over the cubicle walls, which is fine this week.
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The same policies that have destroyed our public services and infrastructure, as well as creating a mindless, self-centred society, where a drug taking mugger is reggarded as being morally equivalent to you or I, he’s not bad you understand – just different!
Ruralshire Constabulary – General Election Advice « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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The mugger was a figment of her imagination, the girl is real!!
Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story 2009
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The mugger was a wanted criminal, so Cat gets a reward, and a front page article in the Daily News.
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The helicopter then touches down so that the same man, known as a mugger, can dash in and use a syringe to administer a mild sedative to the animal.
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The helicopter then touches down so that the same man, known as a mugger, can dash in and use a syringe to administer a mild sedative to the animal.
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The helicopter then touches down so that the same man, known as a mugger, can dash in and use a syringe to administer a mild sedative to the animal.
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The helicopter then touches down so that the same man, known as a mugger, can dash in and use a syringe to administer a mild sedative to the animal.
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