- 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
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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
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