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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muggers
Noun
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It’s suspected this was a security measure, meant to confound robbers.—
Mark Price
Updated June 22,
Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026 -
Created by Brad Ingelsby, the first season of Task found Ruffalo’s Brandis forming a task force to track down a crew of masked robbers, led by a working-class family man, that were carrying out a series of violent crimes in the Philadelphia area.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
Noun
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Unfortunately, pickpockets are everywhere—even at home.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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Arteta has been known to enlist everything from pickpockets to a naked flame to help convey his ideas to his players.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
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Police officers quickly arrived at the scene and exchanged gunfire with the assailants, forcing them to retreat, Alabo said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 June 2026
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The assailants in each of the killings left the scenes before officers arrived, and police have not announced arrests in the homicides.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 June 2026
Noun
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In the movie, Furiosa is taken from her idyllic home by bandits and grows up shuttled between psychopath Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and warlord Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme).—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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Deportees from the United States are especially vulnerable to robbery and kidnapping because gangs and bandits assume that their families can pay larger ransoms.—
Caitlin Dickerson,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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The bulletin also warns law enforcement that violent extremist attackers could target areas outside of the parade’s main viewing area, such as nearby plazas, transportation hubs, bars and restaurants.—
Mark Morales,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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An image-parsing bug in the software that presented hardware manufacturers’ logos during bootup allowed attackers to bypass Secure Boot and infect the UEFI with malicious firmware.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2026
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Tens of thousands drowned, while others were raped, robbed, and murdered by pirates, finding vulnerable prey.—
Elizabeth Holtzman,
Time,
9 June 2026
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No child, or reader of Robert Louis Stevenson, can deny the allure of pirates, but the marauders are rarely the good guys in the story.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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“Muggers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muggers. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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