mugger

Examples of mugger in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web After Mineo was stabbed by a mugger outside of his West Hollywood apartment on Feb. 12, 1976, Mintz accompanied his body on a flight to New York and attended his funeral. Liz McNeil, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024 Media reports, quoting volunteers, said at least five people were injured after being stabbed by muggers. Julhas Alam and Al Emrun Garjon, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024 Leopards are notoriously elusive, but this is the single best place to try and see one, as well as sloth bears, water buffalo, mugger crocodiles, and gray langurs. Niall Causer, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2024 The mugger pulls a knife out and for a brief moment, Aren recognizes that the finance bro thinks he’s being given a gift. Gloria Alamrew, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2024 Listen to this article A 28-year-old man was fatally shot outside his Bronx home by a mugger early Tuesday — one of four bloody shootings in a 12-hour span that left six people wounded, cops said. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024 The mugger pulls a knife out and for a brief moment, Aren recognises that the finance bro thinks he’s being given a gift. Gloria Alamrew, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2024 Responding officers rounded up and arrested the muggers, all men between 24 and 27 years old, and took them into custody for questioning. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024 The mugger moves in, wrenching the cash out of Alex’s hand as the boy tries to pull away, the video shows. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mugger
Noun
  • The assailants did not serve prison time and the judge's sentence of probation sparked Asian American communities, locally and nationally, to call for equality, justice and an end to racial discrimination.
    Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Police noted that the assailant might have entered the home from the back door, which may have been left unlocked at the time, between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. local time.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • These zipper locks add an extra level of difficulty in accessing your zippers, enough to disqualify you as an easy target for a quick pickpocket.
    Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Designed to thwart thieves and keep pickpockets at bay, this sleek leather bag has a slash-proof lining, combination lock and adjustable locking straps that securely wrap around you, restaurant tables, beach chairs or carts.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 23 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • There’s a homelessness crisis intertwined with a fentanyl crisis on the streets, retailers are locking away more merchandise to deter shoplifters, metals thieves are making off with whole streetlamps, and sometimes destructive, sometimes deadly street takeovers are proliferating.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Drug offenders and shoplifters across the state currently face a misdemeanor for breaking the law.
    Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The film takes place partly in that sunny hospital and partly in impossible locations where the story of a group of bandits out for revenge leads them to travel the world.
    Leila Jordan, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Another involves three nuns who ventured from Mission Santa Barbara to bring food and Bibles to local Native Americans more than a century ago, then were were robbed and killed by highway bandits.
    Paula Conway, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024

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“Mugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mugger. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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