muggers

plural of mugger

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Noun
  • To Lee, cops are worse than robbers.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Stith allegedly told investigators that two robbers had burst into the home, one with a gun.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The episode does end, though, with an attack on Bunny’s motorcade from unknown assailants, possibly working for the Colombians … or for Frank.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The assailants remain at large.
    Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Arsenal head coach did not specify which muscle his marquee signing injured, but was not optimistic as the Sweden international was added to the list of attackers who are not available for Tuesday.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Two months later, more than 100 people were massacred by attackers in Yelwata, a largely Christian community in Benue state, also in the north-central, according to Amnesty International.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Looking less like a tourist protects you more against pickpockets than these obvious pieces.
    Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Afterwards, walk through the dazzling Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, pausing to admire the glass dome and beautiful mosaic floors (but beware of pickpockets).
    Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The country has faced years of bloodshed from Boko Haram militants and armed bandits, whose motives are often linked more to territorial control and ransom than to religion.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In classical antiquity, the mountainous region was notorious for bandits; in modern times, blood feuds among clans were rife.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After the pirates save Conomi Islands, the crew set sail on their next adventure, while a new bounty is placed on Luffy.
    Leia Mendoza, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In the Tatsuya Nagamine movie, Z is the name of an admiral who has sworn to destroy all the pirates of the New World, because of the pirates’ dream to have no leader, motivated only by their alliances that uphold the interests of every person and community.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Muggers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muggers. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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