- present participle of mug.
mugging
Example Sentences
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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
But there’s something deeply strange about his performance here, grinning and mugging with childlike wonder in a way that can only be read as disingenuous.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024
The UK government’s foreign travel advice says crime levels are relatively low in Rwanda, but there are cases of burglary, theft, bag-snatching and mugging in Kigali.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 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
And mugging for the cameras with Cinnamon the rat licking her nose.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
