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Definition 2024

mugging

mugging

English

Noun

mugging ‎(plural muggings)

A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.
There have been three muggings in this street in the past week.

Translations

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

Finnish: väkivaltainen (fi) ryöstö (fi)
Georgian:
Persian: زورگیری ‎(zurgiri)

Portuguese: assalto (pt) m
Russian: го́п-сто́п (ru) m ‎(góp-stóp)
Spanish: atraco (es) m

Verb

mugging

present participle of mug