mugger
Example Sentences
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The way my heart clenched up, you might have thought she was a mugger in an alley saying, “I would like to have your wallet.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026
A blind BBC reporter managed to stop a mugger from stealing his mobile phone by "instinctively" leaping on them.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2022
But only in the movies does the karate student always succeed in beating up the bully or the mugger.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2020
When he rushes to the aid of what he thinks is a damsel in distress, he finds a mugger uttering high-pitched screams, the woman who’s just pepper-sprayed him standing calmly at his side.
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2019
“He can call in the police, the army and the secret service. If he says ‘boo,’ a mugger at the other end of the city drops a wallet.”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
