muggers

noun

plural of mugger
1
as in robbers

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as in looters

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muggers
  1. robbers
  2. pickpockets
  3. assailants
  4. bandits
  5. attackers
  6. pirates
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Viral videos over the summer appeared to show pickpockets targeting tourists near Palma, including older visitors near popular attractions, Fox News Digital previously reported.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • In China, pickpockets use chopsticks, and bystanders tend not to interfere.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of pickpockets
Noun
  • The attack occurred Sunday night in Planadas, a town in Tolima province, where unidentified assailants fired rockets made from gas cylinders at a military base, according to Planadas Mayor Juan Camilo Hueje.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Days later, assailants stormed Moscow’s Crocus City Hall venue and killed more than 140 people.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of assailants
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The cost per token for attackers is going towards zero, and the cost of defense for defenders is staying quite high.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2026
  • If that were the case, the attackers might have gained broad control of the company’s infrastructure.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of attackers
Noun
  • In September, Puntland authorities said pirates killed five crew members of the tanker MT Honour 25 before security forces recovered it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Maritime security experts aren’t sure where the pirates are getting their funding.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of pirates
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