Mugging

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mugging \Mug"ging\, n. [p. pr. & vb. n. from {mug}, v.]
     A robbery; a taking of property by threatening (or
     performing) violence on the person who is robbed. See {mug},
     v.
  
     Syn: robbery, holdup, stickup


          [PJC + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mugging
       n : assault with intent to rob

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mug
       n 1: the quantity that can be held in a mug [syn: {mugful}]
       2: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn:
           {chump}, {fool}, {gull}, {mark}, {patsy}, {fall guy}, {sucker},
           {soft touch}]
       3: the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal
          terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) [syn: {countenance},
           {physiognomy}, {phiz}, {visage}, {kisser}, {smiler}]
       4: with handle and usually cylindrical
       v : rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence; "I was
           mugged in the streets of New York last night"
       [also: {mugging}, {mugged}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mugging
       See {mug}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "mugging":
     aggravated assault, aggression, amphibious attack, armed assault,
     armed robbery, asportation, assailing, assailment, assault,
     assault and robbery, attack, banditry, bank robbery, banzai attack,
     blitz, blitzkrieg, breakthrough, cattle lifting, cattle stealing,
     charge, counterattack, counteroffensive, coup de main,
     crippling attack, dead set at, descent on, diversion,
     diversionary attack, drive, extortion, flank attack,
     frontal attack, gas attack, head-on attack, heist, highway robbery,
     hijacking, holdup, infiltration, lightning attack, lightning war,
     mass attack, megadeath, offense, offensive, onset, onslaught,
     overkill, panzer warfare, pocket picking, purse snatching, push,
     robbery, robbing, run against, run at, rush, sally, shock tactics,
     sortie, stickup, stickup job, strike, unprovoked assault