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plural of mug
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as in cups
a round vessel equipped with a handle and designed for drinking a coffee mug

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as in faces
the front part of the head she joked about not having to see his ugly mug anymore

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mug
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as in scowls
to distort one's face every time their picture was snapped, both children mugged by sticking out their tongues or scrunching up their faces

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as in photographs
to take a photograph of mugging captured criminals for the police records

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Noun
  • People with flu-like symptoms are advised to cover their mouth when coughing or sneezing, wash their hands frequently with soap and water, avoid sharing cups and cutlery with others, avoid kissing others and stay at home to recover.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • In late August, Vrabel walked up to his favorite diner in Nashville, two cups of Starbucks in hand — one, a quad espresso, for him, and the other for the journalist spending the day with him.
    Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The next big bad in Jared Leto's motley crew of sinister screen villains has finally been announced.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • For others, deep cuts are remembering the names of random Ninja Turtle villains.
    Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But even as the ways criminals use ransomware are set to evolve, the actual makeup of the technology isn’t expected to change too drastically in the coming years.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The regulation, which would require small businesses to disclose the identity of people who directly or indirectly own a control a company, is designed to prevent criminals from hiding illicit activity conducted through shell companies or opaque ownership structures, the Treasury said.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Automated and enabled by AI, criminal hackers will continue to extort victims at a startling rate in 2025.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Relatives of most, but not all the victims, denounced Biden’s Christmas week decision to spare the killers.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
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  • In particular, bail reform policies that let low-level offenders back on the streets were repeatedly blamed for the rash of crimes.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Sanctuary means anyone who is the victim of a crime or witness to crime should report it to the police and fully cooperate in the investigation to arrest and prosecute the offenders without worrying that an immigration problem will be the result of coming forward.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Cemeteries, too, will do a land office business, not only with dead gangsters, but innocents too, caught in the cross fire.
    Walter E Block, Orange County Register, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Plus, the coffers of gangsters will rise.
    Walter E Block, Orange County Register, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Since turkeys can’t ask the typical first-date questions to field out the losers, hens have to rely on something else.
    Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
  • That changes the formula with the winners and losers in terms of who will get into the air and survive.
    Ross Pomeroy, Big Think, 20 Mar. 2025
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  • The film itself lacks much of the original’s charms (here, the dogs don’t speak), and John Hughes’ so-so script borrows heavily from his earlier film Home Alone, right down to the two fumbling bandits (Hugh Laurie and Mark Williams, playing Cruella’s henchmen).
    Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the prince has his own group of seven bandits, in which people with dwarfism are represented.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Mugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mugs. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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