mugger

Example Sentences

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The way my heart clenched up, you might have thought she was a mugger in an alley saying, “I would like to have your wallet.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

A blind BBC reporter managed to stop a mugger from stealing his mobile phone by "instinctively" leaping on them.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2022

When he rushes to the aid of what he thinks is a damsel in distress, he finds a mugger uttering high-pitched screams, the woman who’s just pepper-sprayed him standing calmly at his side.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2019

That is, assuming no one wandered into traffic, fell off a cliff, failed to notice a mugger behind them, or any of the other mishaps that have befallen Pokémon gamers.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2016

“He can call in the police, the army and the secret service. If he says ‘boo,’ a mugger at the other end of the city drops a wallet.”

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer