MUGGER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mugger" is a kind of...):

robber (a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence)

Derivation:

mug (rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence)

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