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mugging

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verb

present participle of mug
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as in photographing
to take a photograph of mugging captured criminals for the police records

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mugging
Noun
  • Comparing April 2025 with April 2024, overall crime — including robberies — have seen a 13.5% decrease, while burglary showing a 9.6% decrease and incidents involving grand larceny decreasing 4%.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025
  • Alcohol selling for hundreds of dollars was reported stolen during a May 5 burglary at Maple Lake Wine and Spirits, 8801 95th St., police said.
    Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • The label covers pickpocketing, purse snatching and car break-ins.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
  • The Watergate break-in is in the news and the FBI is still trying to find its footing after the recent death of J. Edgar Hoover.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Images shared on social media showed road traffic holdups in Bali as a result of the outage and long lines at the airport check-in counters.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
  • While the swap of players makes a lot of sense for both teams, the value itself would be the holdup.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Mugging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mugging. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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