mugger

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mug·ger 1

 (mŭg′ər)
n.
1. One who commits a mugging.
2. One who makes exaggerated faces, as in performing.

mug·ger 2

 (mŭg′ər)
n.
A large freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) of South Asia, having a very broad snout.
[Hindi magar, from Sanskrit makaraḥ, crocodile, of Dravidian origin.]
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mugger

(ˈmʌɡə)
n
1. (Law) informal a person who commits robbery with violence, esp in the street
2. (Theatre) chiefly US and Canadian a person who overacts

mugger

(ˈmʌɡə) ,

muggar

or

muggur

n
(Animals) a large freshwater crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, inhabiting marshes and pools of India and Sri Lanka. Also called: marsh crocodile
[C19: from Hindi magar]
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mug•ger1

(ˈmʌg ər)

n.
one who mugs, esp. one who assaults a person with intent to rob.
[1860–65, Amer.]

mug•ger3

(ˈmʌg ər)
n.
one who grimaces in an attention-getting way.

mug•ger2

or mug•gar or mug•gur

(ˈmʌg ər)

n.
a broad-snouted crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, of S Asia, that grows to a length of about 16 ft. (4.88 m).
[1835–45; < Hindi magar]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.mugger - a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)mugger - a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
robber - a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
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Translations
حَرَامِيمُهاجِم سارِق، مٌعْتَدٍ
lupič
overfaldsmandvoldsmand
GanoveGanovinStraßenräuber
κακοποιός
atracador
pahoinpitelijä
agresseurassaillant
ulični kriminalac
árásarmaîur og ræningi
rapinatoreaggressore
強盗
노상 강도
straatdief
overfallsmannraner
bandyta uliczny
assaltante
грабитель
ropar
rånare
คนข่มขู่เพื่อชิงทรัพย์
kapkaççısoyguncu
kẻ cướp
抢劫犯行凶抢劫者

mugger

[ˈmʌgəʳ] N → atracador(a) m/f, asaltante mf
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mugger

[ˈmʌgər] n → agresseur m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mugger

n → Straßenräuber(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mugger

[ˈmʌgəʳ] n → aggressore m, rapinatore/trice
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mug3

(mag) – past tense, past participle mugged – verb
to attack and usually rob. He was mugged when coming home late at night.
ˈmugger noun
a person who attacks others in this way.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

mugger

→ حَرَامِي lupič voldsmand Straßenräuber κακοποιός atracador pahoinpitelijä assaillant ulični kriminalac rapinatore 強盗 노상 강도 straatdief raner bandyta uliczny assaltante грабитель rånare คนข่มขู่เพื่อชิงทรัพย์ kapkaççı kẻ cướp 抢劫犯
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It was the blunt-nosed Mugger of Mugger-Ghaut, older than any man in the village, who had given his name to the village; the demon of the ford before the railway bridge, came--murderer, man-eater, and local fetish in one.
Now the Jackal had spoken just to be listened to, for he knew flattery was the best way of getting things to eat, and the Mugger knew that the Jackal had spoken for this end, and the Jackal knew that the Mugger knew, and the Mugger knew that the Jackal knew that the Mugger knew, and so they were all very contented together.
Then he settled down, and, accustomed as the Jackal was to his ways, he could not help starting, for the hundredth time, when he saw how exactly the Mugger imitated a log adrift on the bar.
"My child, I heard nothing," said the Mugger, shutting one eye.
"Nay, there are very great differences indeed," the Mugger answered gently.
She loses her eyesight year by year, and cannot tell a log from me--the Mugger of the Ghaut.
"We must live before we can learn," said the Mugger, "and there is this to say: Little jackals are very common, child, but such a mugger as I am is not common.
Said a boatman, "Get axes and kill him, for he is the Mugger of the ford." "Not so," said the Brahmin.
"There were two," said the Mugger; "an upper and a lower shoal."
The old Mugger knows that a boy has been born in that house, and must some day come down to the Ghaut to play.
"There is no knowledge so useful," said the Mugger, "for new land means new quarrels.
The Mugger opened his left eye, and looked keenly at the Adjutant.
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