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mugged

VERB

hold up

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rob

STRONG

assault steal

WEAK

hold up purse-snatch stick up

Example Sentences

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Also: What kind of dingus gets mugged on Fifth Avenue?

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Ultrapure-water projects are big, one-off beasts that everybody and his brother wants to build, so even the smart operators can watch their margins get mugged the minute capital spending gets a head cold.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

Victims who bought cars and vans with clocked mileage say they feel "mugged off" by the fraudsters who wound back a total of 2,000,000 miles off vehicle odometers.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

This is five-ringed robbery, an Olympic-sized heist, and UCLA’s Chiles should not stand still by while her achievement is blatantly mugged.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024

She thought of the forum messages she’d read last weekend, when Mr. Griswold was first mugged, and that Book Scavenger user who had said they should enjoy Book Scavenger while they could.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman