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mugging

[muhg-ing] / ˈmʌg ɪŋ /
NOUN
assault and battery
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NOUN
holdup
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Too often, it looked like a regulatory mugging of children with rare diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

No other conference-affiliated team endures the annual potential midseason mugging from an established independent like USC.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025

Her resignation comes a day after she admitted that she told police she had lost her phone during a mugging on a night out but later found it had not been taken.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

His rants are hilarious, and Ruffalo’s mugging is a comic highlight.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2024

I stand and Scrappy joins me in mean mugging Dalton.

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




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