Mugger
noun
A person who attacks and robs another in a public place.
She was terrified of walking home late at night because she feared muggers.
Often appears as...
- armed mugger
- serial mugger
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Disapproving
noun
A type of crocodile found in South Asia.
The mugger is considered to be a medium-sized crocodile species.
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Technical
noun
A person who attacks and robs another in a public place.
She was terrified of walking home late at night because she feared muggers.
Often appears as...
- armed mugger
- serial mugger
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A type of crocodile found in South Asia.
The mugger is considered to be a medium-sized crocodile species.
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Crime-Related
Used mainly in crime contexts, ‘mugger’ often involves a physical threat or attack.
News report: The police are searching for the mugger who attacked a woman last night.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Term
'Mugger' is an informal word for a robber and is less likely to be used in formal legal terms.
She told her friend about the mugger, not the police.
Pro Tip 3/3Fear and Danger
The term 'mugger' might evoke fear or caution when used, referring to personal safety.
He advised his sister to be aware of muggers in the alley.
Pro Tip 1/3Crime-Related
Used mainly in crime contexts, ‘mugger’ often involves a physical threat or attack.
News report: The police are searching for the mugger who attacked a woman last night.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Term
'Mugger' is an informal word for a robber and is less likely to be used in formal legal terms.
She told her friend about the mugger, not the police.
Pro Tip 3/3Fear and Danger
The term 'mugger' might evoke fear or caution when used, referring to personal safety.
He advised his sister to be aware of muggers in the alley.
Pro Tip 1/3Crime-Related
Used mainly in crime contexts, ‘mugger’ often involves a physical threat or attack.
News report: The police are searching for the mugger who attacked a woman last night.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Term
'Mugger' is an informal word for a robber and is less likely to be used in formal legal terms.
She told her friend about the mugger, not the police.
Pro Tip 3/3Fear and Danger
The term 'mugger' might evoke fear or caution when used, referring to personal safety.
He advised his sister to be aware of muggers in the alley.
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Video examples
Blind Fishing for Mugger...
fishing for mugger crocodiles in the middle of the night and I can't see anything at all all I can do is listen you just moved up with it just made a full-on bounce at the chicken and is now waiting on the other side of the stream again
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James Kunstler: How bad...
So I went back on the nicest day of the year, just to -- you know -- do some reality testing, and in fact, he will not even go down there because it's not interesting enough for his clients, you know, the burglars, the muggers.
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Baby Crocs Hone Hunting...
here in yellow national park in sri lanka one of the few remaining wild populations of mugger crocodiles lives and here several more of these ancient predators have just joined the world
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Blind Fishing for Mugger...
fishing for mugger crocodiles in the middle of the night and I can't see anything at all all I can do is listen you just moved up with it just made a full-on bounce at the chicken and is now waiting on the other side of the stream again
Video examples
James Kunstler: How bad...
So I went back on the nicest day of the year, just to -- you know -- do some reality testing, and in fact, he will not even go down there because it's not interesting enough for his clients, you know, the burglars, the muggers.
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Baby Crocs Hone Hunting...
here in yellow national park in sri lanka one of the few remaining wild populations of mugger crocodiles lives and here several more of these ancient predators have just joined the world
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Quote examples
Luke Scott
American Athlete
An athlete gets paid a lot of money. And someone who is after that, a thief, a mugger or someone who steals from people, they are taking a chance with the law that if they get caught, they are going to jail or face some other problem. In my case, you are going to get shot.
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Juliana Hatfield
American Musician
It may seem strange, but the most grateful I've ever felt was when I was held up at gunpoint. After I handed over my wallet and the mugger ran off into the woods, I thought, 'Thank you for not shooting me.' I was overwhelmingly glad to be alive and unharmed.
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John Major
British Politician
In housing in the fifties in Britain and the sixties, we pulled down the terraces - destroyed whole communities and replaced them with tower blocks and we built walkways that became rat-runs for muggers. That was the fashionable opinion. But it was wrong.
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Dylan Moran
Irish Comedian
I don't want to do panel games or adverts. I really like challenges. I always get roles as an art teacher or a photographer. In the future I want to play something like a mugger/assassin/pastry chef.
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Roy Hodgson
English Businessman
In football, however well you think you are doing, however well your life is going, there is always a mugger there lurking in the shadows to bash you over the head when you least expect it.
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Don Winslow
American Author
For a while, many years ago, my job was to get mugged. My job was to walk around Times Square trying to get a mugger to attack me so that someone else could come in and arrest the mugger.
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Mario Cuomo
American Politician
The mugger who is arrested is back on the street before the police officer, but the person mugged may not be back on the street for a long time, if ever.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
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Michael Winner
British Producer
The truth of the matter is that muggers are very interesting people.
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Luke Scott
American Athlete
An athlete gets paid a lot of money. And someone who is after that, a thief, a mugger or someone who steals from people, they are taking a chance with the law that if they get caught, they are going to jail or face some other problem. In my case, you are going to get shot.
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Juliana Hatfield
American Musician
It may seem strange, but the most grateful I've ever felt was when I was held up at gunpoint. After I handed over my wallet and the mugger ran off into the woods, I thought, 'Thank you for not shooting me.' I was overwhelmingly glad to be alive and unharmed.
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John Major
British Politician
In housing in the fifties in Britain and the sixties, we pulled down the terraces - destroyed whole communities and replaced them with tower blocks and we built walkways that became rat-runs for muggers. That was the fashionable opinion. But it was wrong.
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Dylan Moran
Irish Comedian
I don't want to do panel games or adverts. I really like challenges. I always get roles as an art teacher or a photographer. In the future I want to play something like a mugger/assassin/pastry chef.
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Roy Hodgson
English Businessman
In football, however well you think you are doing, however well your life is going, there is always a mugger there lurking in the shadows to bash you over the head when you least expect it.
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Don Winslow
American Author
For a while, many years ago, my job was to get mugged. My job was to walk around Times Square trying to get a mugger to attack me so that someone else could come in and arrest the mugger.
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Mario Cuomo
American Politician
The mugger who is arrested is back on the street before the police officer, but the person mugged may not be back on the street for a long time, if ever.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
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Michael Winner
British Producer
The truth of the matter is that muggers are very interesting people.
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