mugger
mugger¹
Definition
mug·ger (mug′ər)
noun
one who mugs; esp.,
- one who assaults with intent to rob
- Theater one who overacts, esp. by exaggerated facial expressions
mugger²
Definition
mug·ger (mug′ər)
noun
a large, relatively timid crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) of India and Malaysia, with a broad, wrinkled snout
Etymology: Hindi magar < Sans makara, sea monster
mugger
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- kill: Tom ap Rhys Price was killed by teenage muggers to whom he had already given all his money.
Converse of object
- chase: Ray, 58, was chasing two muggers who had stolen his female friends ' handbag when they fired.
- catch: And you show me a granny who would give you £ 100 every time you caught a mugger.
- become: POLICE in Hertfordshire are trying to prevent young people becoming victims of robbery - and want to stop other youngsters becoming muggers themselves.
- give: If you've got 13,500 pounds more than sense, you could give a mugger the find of his life.
- have: It is not uncommon in London to have muggers released on bail eight or nine times before they face trial for their first attack.
Adjective modifier
- potential: Sarena spent the morning trying to get my to practice my Scary face so that we might intimidate any potential muggers.
- would-be: Scaring off would-be muggers was all very well but I'd had enough of daffodil fever.
- teenage: Tom ap Rhys Price was killed by teenage muggers to whom he had already given all his money.
- mobile: In just five weeks the mobile muggers have extorted £ 330,000 from Lancashire's drivers.
Modifies a noun
- crocodile: Mugger Crocodiles are often found on the unspoiled river.
Noun used with modifier
- street: This makes judges worse than street muggers that prey upon us.
- charity: The council claim the chuggers - an abbreviation of " charity muggers " - have been driving shoppers away from the town center.
- marsh: The park also boasts a small population of the rare gharial, the marsh mugger crocodile and the Gangetic dolphin.
- hugger: The soundtrack is packed, hugger mugger with voices bombarding him with their folkloric wisdom.
