1
as in grimacing
to distort one's face
every time their picture was snapped, both children mugged by sticking out their tongues or scrunching up their faces
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2
as in photographing
to take a photograph of
mugging captured criminals for the police records
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Noun
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Charges in the Pitt burglary are expected to follow.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025 -
The Pitt burglary comes amid a string of celebrity home invasions in Los Angeles in 2025.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Palestine Action staged break-ins at Elbit sites across the U.K. last year in the city of Bristol, and at a factory in the county of Kent, where around £1 million ($1.33 million) worth of property was reportedly destroyed.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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In 2014, months before the release of the first film in the series, the Los Angeles Police reported two break-ins at his home in a span of three days, although no burglaries were reported during those incidents.—
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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Nate wants to keep Polly safe, but that also means introducing her to the darker side of his world, teaching her how to defend herself and enlisting her aid in a convenience-store holdup.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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The main holdup to a longer season is player safety, which, unlike the extended season, has been a huge talking point at the NFL meetings.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Mugging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mugging. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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