mugging

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌɡɪŋ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌɡɪŋ

Noun

mugging (plural muggings)

1. A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.

   There have been three muggings in this street in the past week.

Derived terms

• Pascal's mugging

 

Translations

a quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place

• Finnish: väkivaltainen ryöstö
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Raubüberfall (de) m, Straßenraub m, Überfall (de) m
• Persian: زورگیری (zurgiri)
• Portuguese: assalto (pt) m
• Russian: го́п-сто́п (ru) m (góp-stóp)
• Spanish: atraco (es) m

Verb

mugging

1. present participle and gerund of mug