: a usually harmless freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) of the Indian subcontinent with a broad heavy snout
: one who attacks with intent to rob
: one that grimaces especially before an audience
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
During the fight in the elevator, the teens dropped the gun, but managed to scoop it up as the father and son forced the muggers to the opposite end of the hallway from their apartment and through a stairwell door, prosecutors said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
Several years ago, Whyte intervened when Depew was attacked by a homeless mugger.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
Occasionally, the mugger asked his victims questions to size them up, according to the NYPD.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article Two boys on a Manhattan subway platform were beaten and slashed with a scalpel by a group of muggers who stole the Nike Air Jordan sneakers off both victims’ feet, police said Tuesday.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
Police recovered surveillance video of the mugger around the time of the robbery.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
Homeless man fights back against migrant muggers on NYC subway, fatally stabbing one of them
A homeless man who was asleep on a New York City subway fights back against migrant muggers, fatally stabbing one of them.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
Deputy Chief John Mastronardi at the department's Crimes against Persons Unit told WNBC that the mugger negotiates in both English and Spanish.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Eddie quickly discovers that he was lured into the vehicle by William (Anthony Hopkins), the car's wealthy sociopathic owner who tortures criminals (and mocks them over the car's phone) after a life-changing encounter with muggers.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
During the fight in the elevator, the teens dropped the gun, but managed to scoop it up as the father and son forced the muggers to the opposite end of the hallway from their apartment and through a stairwell door, prosecutors said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
Several years ago, Whyte intervened when Depew was attacked by a homeless mugger.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
Occasionally, the mugger asked his victims questions to size them up, according to the NYPD.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article Two boys on a Manhattan subway platform were beaten and slashed with a scalpel by a group of muggers who stole the Nike Air Jordan sneakers off both victims’ feet, police said Tuesday.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
Police recovered surveillance video of the mugger around the time of the robbery.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
Homeless man fights back against migrant muggers on NYC subway, fatally stabbing one of them
A homeless man who was asleep on a New York City subway fights back against migrant muggers, fatally stabbing one of them.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
Deputy Chief John Mastronardi at the department's Crimes against Persons Unit told WNBC that the mugger negotiates in both English and Spanish.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Mugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mugger. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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