- present participle of mug.
mugging
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She admitted telling police in 2013 she had lost her work mobile phone in a mugging, but later found it had not been taken.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
He would know: His team’s 2025 report featured a photo of the Aerosmith frontman mugging alongside Rizer in his past life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
No other conference-affiliated team endures the annual potential midseason mugging from an established independent like USC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2025
When he isn’t mugging for Reed’s camera he vacillates between a stony-faced refusal to admit guilt and an approximation of remorse.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2024
Dill took one hand off the handlebars and flexed his arm, mugging.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Fed up with witnessing muggings in Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana neighborhood, William Correia formed a volunteer group to patrol the streets and report robberies on social media.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Such was its poor reputation, it was dubbed "muggings underpass" by some.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2024
And residents throughout the city say they are unsettled by a spike in robberies, muggings, carjackings and other property crimes, and they have placed the blame on Ms. Lightfoot.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Yet again and again, they flag ticky-tacky, or even phantom, contact, and they overlook obvious muggings.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2016
New York without the garbage and muggings, it’s supposed to be.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
