[U,C] the crime of attacking sb violently, or threatening to do so, in order to steal their money, especially in a public place:
Mugging is on the increase. * There have been several muggings here recently.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is mugging a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, mugging is tagged as noun.
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