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

“The figure of Black criminality is no longer limited to the mugger or the rioter or the gang member,” said Insa Koch, an anthropologist and lawyer who studies the legislation’s application in Britain.

From New York Times • Nov. 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

After gaining his spider powers, Peter Parker chooses not to stop a mugger who, moments later murders his uncle.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 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