Mugging

/ˈmʌɡɪŋ/

Synonyms for "mugging" (76 found)

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Closest matches (16)

aggravated assaultaggressionamphibious attackarmed assaultarmed robberyasportationassailingassailmentassaultassault and robberyattackbanditrybank robberybanzai attack
Noun(2 words)
armed robberyattack

Strong matches (22)

blitzblitzkriegbreakthroughcattle liftingcattle stealingchargecounterattackcounteroffensivecoup de maincrippling attackdead set atdescent ondiversiondiversionary attackdriveextortionflank attackfrontal attackgas attackhead-on attack
Noun(2 words)
facial contortionsgrin

Related words (38)

heisthighway robberyhijackingholdupinfiltrationlightning attacklightning warmass attackmegadeathoffenseoffensiveonsetonslaughtoverkillpanzer warfarepocket pickingpurse snatchingpushrobberyrobbing
Show 10 more words
run againstrun atrushsallyshock tacticssortiestickupstickup jobstrikeunprovoked assault

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

7 entries
assaultbehaviorcrimeexpressionfacial expressiontheftviolent crime

More specific

8 entries
armed robberycamera posinggrimacepurse snatchsmirkstreet robberystrong arm robberytheatrical mugging

Collocations

7 entries
armed mugginglate night muggingmugging incidentmugging victimpurse snatchstreet muggingstrong arm robbery

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Where did the mugging take place?

Source: tatoeba (268474)

Dan said he had no recollection of mugging Linda.

Source: tatoeba (3991343)

There have been three muggings in this street in the past week.

Source: wiktionary

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