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Definition of "mugging" []

  • An assault upon a person especially with the intent to rob. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "mugging" in a sentence
  • "The Wall Street Journal editorialized about the "Avastin mugging," and Sen. David Vitter accused the FDA of "assigning a value to a day of a person's life.""
  • "But I would have been no more justified in mugging the nearest doctor until he treated me than the government is in outlawing the free exchange of medical services."
  • "Oh, he was polite enough: he called the mugging a "bank bailout," and promised that, sure, tomorrow he'd change my ways, so this will never happen again, guv'nor."