1
as in grimacing
to distort one's face
every time their picture was snapped, both children mugged by sticking out their tongues or scrunching up their faces
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2
as in photographing
to take a photograph of
mugging captured criminals for the police records
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Noun
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In May 2019, he was indicted by a grand jury for burglary of a habitation—a felony.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2025 -
Detectives kept insisting the crime fit the pattern of a residential burglary, not a love triangle.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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The label covers pickpocketing, purse snatching and car break-ins.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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The Watergate break-in is in the news and the FBI is still trying to find its footing after the recent death of J. Edgar Hoover.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Images shared on social media showed road traffic holdups in Bali as a result of the outage and long lines at the airport check-in counters.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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While the swap of players makes a lot of sense for both teams, the value itself would be the holdup.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Mugging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mugging. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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