mugging

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌɡɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌɡɪŋ

Noun

mugging (plural muggings)

1. A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.

   There have been three muggings in this street in the past week.

Derived terms

• antimugging
• Pascal's mugging

Translations

a quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place

Finnish: väkivaltainen ryöstö Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Raubüberfall (de) m, Straßenraub m, Überfall (de) m Persian: زورگیری (zurgiri) Portuguese: assalto (pt) m Russian: го́п-сто́п (ru) m (góp-stóp) Spanish: atraco (es) m, arrebatón (es) m

Verb

mugging

1. present participle and gerund of mug