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mug (verb), mugs; mugged; mugging
1. To attack and to rob someone: Jesse was mugged while he was walking home from the park last evening.
2. To behave in a silly way by making silly facial expressions: The politician was mugging at a man who was yelling in disagreement about a statement that the candidate had made.
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mugging (s) (noun), muggings (pl)
An assault, or aggressive action, by someone on another person, or people, with the intention of taking their valuables with unlawful force: Recently there have been several muggings of people after it gets dark in Joe's neighborhood.
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