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mugger

 
Dictionary: mug·ger1   (mŭg'ər) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. One who commits a mugging.
  2. One who makes exaggerated faces, as in performing.

mug·ger2 (mŭg'ər) pronunciation
n.

A large crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.

[Hindi magar, from Sanskrit makaraḥ, crocodile, of Dravidian origin.]


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IN BRIEF: A person who assaults others in order to rob them.

pronunciation The mugger was eventually caught and brought to trial.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

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


 
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - voldsmand

2.
n. - [zool.] indisk sumpkrokodille

Nederlands (Dutch)
overvaller, politiefotograaf

Français (French)
1.
n. - agresseur

2.
n. - crocodile (de l'Asie du Sud-Est)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Straßenräuber

2.
n. - (Zool) Sumpfkrokodil

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ληστής, κακοποιός, παλιόμουτρο, κουμάσι

Italiano (Italian)
rapinatore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - crocodilo da Índia (m) (Zool.), assaltante (m) (gír.), ator careteiro (m) (teat.)

Русский (Russian)
фигляр, индийский крокодил, уличный грабитель

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - atracador, asaltante

2.
n. - cocodrilo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (brutal) rånare, posör, plugghäst, sumpkrokodil, jäkel

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 泽鳄

2. 偷袭抢劫者, 过分夸张的演员, 强盗, 装怪脸的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 澤鱷

2.
n. - 偷襲搶劫者, 過分誇張的演員, 強盜, 裝怪臉的人

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 인도 악어

2.
n. - 폭력, 사진 제작자, 과장하는 배우

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 強盗, 背後から襲う強盗, ヌマワニ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مهاجم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שודד, ליסטים, מצחיקן‬
n. - ‮תנין הודי‬


 
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