MUGGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mugger mean? 

• MUGGER (noun)
  The noun MUGGER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MUGGER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUGGER (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)