mugging

Speech parts

1. mugging - Noun

2. mugging - Verb

Derived from mug

Meaning

assault with intent to rob

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

attack blitzkrieg charge violence assault jump battery offense raid aggression onset steal beating rush theft
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Antonyms

guard cover protect screen save secure
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Hypernyms

assault

Phrases with the word

barney-mugging

Examples

What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving. Jeane Kirkpatrick

Modern Day Mugging. Daniel Dumile

"But Jagger prevailed," wrote Nachman, by deliberately calling attention to the censorship, rolling his eyes, mugging, and drawing out the word "t-i-i-i-me" as he sang the revised lyric. Source: Internet

A third teenager was arrested and charged on Wednesday in the murder of Tessa Majors, an 18-year-old Barnard College student who was stabbed during a mugging last December in Morningside Park in northern Manhattan. Source: Internet

He also investigates Hackworth's mugging by Harv after he had illicitly had a second edition of the Primer created. Source: Internet

A 67-year-old woman was inside a public restroom in Tanger 1 near the West Elm outlet store about noon when she was “attacked” by someone who was hiding inside another stall before the mugging, Riverhead Town police said. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

muggiest muggily mugginess muggins mugginsed muggish