muggings

noun

plural of mugging
as in burglaries

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  1. burglaries
  2. holdups
Noun
  • Investigators identified Gavrilys and four other suspects after noticing a pattern in the burglaries.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
  • By the same year-to-date metric, robberies this year have fallen by 27% and burglaries by 32%.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of burglaries
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  • Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas recorded 112 delays as of the afternoon, with the holdups lasting between 16 and 30 minutes over wind disruptions.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • The city comptroller has launched an investigation into City Hall’s handing of outdoor dining permits, raising concerns about procedural holdups that could be preventing hundreds of restaurants from opening up en plein air seating this spring.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
Definition of holdups
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“Muggings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muggings. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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