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muggers

noun

plural of mugger

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Romero retired from the NYPD as a detective in 2001, a year after he was shot while off duty by armed robbers at his family-run laundromat in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources told ABC New York City station WABC.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
The series opens from the police perspective, but later the story rewinds and is told through the eyes of the robbers and and their hostages inside the bank.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of robbers

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Many frequent fliers swear by functional, secure styles that hold all their essentials and protect against pickpockets.

— Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2026
After a close call with pickpockets in Italy, my mom upgraded her backpack to this crossbody bag.

— Brooke Knappenberger, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2026

Definition of pickpockets

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Attacks by bandits are common across northern Nigeria where armed groups carry out attacks against civilian populations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Attacks by bandits are common across northern Nigeria, where armed groups carry out attacks against civilian populations.

— Dyepkazah Shibayan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of bandits

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In that case, the attackers stole an amount equal to a significant portion of North Korea’s reported annual gross domestic product in a matter of minutes.

— Sean Lyngaas, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
Most of those attempts failed, but Microsoft said the attackers did gain privileged access at some organizations, in multiple cases less than three hours after first targeting them.

— Shae Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of attackers

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Maritime security experts aren’t sure where the pirates are getting their funding.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Alas, Medak also is famous for directing the lamentable Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974), a comedy about bumbling 17th century pirates that starred the combustible Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026

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