mugging

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmʌɡɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ʌɡɪŋ

Noun

mugging (plural muggings)

A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.
There have been three muggings in this street in the past week.

Derived terms

Pascal's mugging

Translations

a quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place

Finnish: väkivaltainen ryöstö
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Raubüberfall (de) m, Straßenraub m, Überfall (de) m
Persian: زورگیری (zurgiri)
Portuguese: assalto (pt) m
Russian: го́п-сто́п (ru) m (góp-stóp)
Spanish: atraco (es) m

Verb

mugging

present participle and gerund of mug

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