mugger
A person who assaults and robs others, especially in a public placeA person who assaults and robs others, especially in a public place.
» Tom gave the muggers what they wanted.
Том віддав грабіжникам те, що вони хотіли.
Meaning
3 sensesA person who assaults and robs others, especially in a public place.
Strassendieb, Straßenräuber, Straßenräuberin
граби́тельgrabítelʹ
A person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance; a gurner.
A large crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.
Sumpfkrokodil
- a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
Examples
22 sentencesTom gave the muggers what they wanted.
Том віддав грабіжникам те, що вони хотіли. — deniko
What did the mugger look like?
Tom chased the mugger and caught him.
deTom jagte dem Räuber nach und ergriff ihn. — pullnosemans
The police asked Tom to describe the muggers.
The police asked Tom to describe the mugger.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From mug + -er. Borrowed from Hindi मगर (magar) / Urdu مَگَر (magar, “crocodile, alligatoFrom mug + -er.
Borrowed from Hindi मगर (magar) / Urdu مَگَر (magar, “crocodile, alligator”), from Sanskrit मकर (makara, “sea monster”), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *nek-V-ḷ- (“crocodile”) (DEDR 3732; reconstruction of Krishnamurti 2003) or Proto-Dravidian *mokaray- (“crocodile”), a verbal noun from *mok- / *moṅku- (“to eat greedily in large mouthfuls, devour, gobble”) (DEDR 5127 + 4897).
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