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Noun: mugging  mú-ging
  1. Assault with intent to rob
Verb: mug (mugged,mugging)  múg
  1. (crime) rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence
    "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night"
     
  2. To stare awkwardly

Derived forms: muggings

Type of: assault, gaze, hold up, stare, stick up

Encyclopedia: Mugging

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