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mugging

[muhg-ing] / ˈmʌg ɪŋ /
NOUN
assault and battery
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NOUN
holdup
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After that earlier Warner mugging, I wrote about the “legalized economic vandalism that antitrust has become.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

In a statement, Haigh said she told police she had lost her phone during a mugging on a night out in 2013 but later found it had not been taken.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024

When he isn’t mugging for Reed’s camera he vacillates between a stony-faced refusal to admit guilt and an approximation of remorse.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024

In the episode, which premiered last weekend on Showtime and Paramount+, the camera swirls around a circle of students mugging for chuckles until it focuses on Asher, looking nervous in anticipation of his turn.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023

I stand and Scrappy joins me in mean mugging Dalton.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith