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Mugger

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as muggar.
  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A street robber.
  • noun. A person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance; a gurner.
  • noun. A large crocodile Crocodilus palustris of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.
  • 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)
  • Word Usage
    "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."
    Equivalent
    muggar  muggur  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    robber  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bugger  hugger  slugger  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    mug