mugged

Verb

mug (third-person singular simple present mugs, present participle mugging, simple past and past participle mugged)

1. (Ireland, UK, obsolete, transitive) To strike in the face.
   • Madgbury showed game, drove Abbot in a corner, but got well Mugg'd.1821, The Fancy, i. p.261
2. (transitive) To assault for the purpose of robbery.
3. (intransitive) To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner.
   • The children weren't interested in sitting still for a serious photo; they mugged for the camera.
4. (transitive) To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot of.
   • Perhaps if I told you that there were forty arrests made in one day here, you will realize that with this small equipment available in the Sheriff's Office, it is very difficult to get mugs. These people are being mugged as they are being arrested but with an entirely inadequate force at work...1940, United States. Congress Senate, Hearings (volume 13, page 27252)
5. (Australia, Hong-Kong, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore) To learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.

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