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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mugger \Mug"ger\, n. Also Muggar \Mug"gar\, Muggur \Mug"gur\
   [Hind. magar, fr. Skr. makara sea monster.]
   The common crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) of India, the
   East Indies, etc. It becomes twelve feet or more long.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

mugger \mugger\ n.
   A thief who takes property by threatening (or performing)
   violence on the person who is robbed; a person who commits a
   mugging; one who mugs. See mug, v. t.

   Syn: robber
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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