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mugger¹ Definition

mug·ger (mugər)

noun

one who mugs; esp.,

  1. one who assaults with intent to rob
  2. Theater one who overacts, esp. by exaggerated facial expressions

mugger² Definition

mug·ger (mugər)

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.

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