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muggings

muggings is the plural of mugging.

Meaning of mugging

Noun

mugging (plural muggings)

  1. A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.
    • There have been three muggings in this street in the past week.

Questions about muggings

What is muggings the plural of?
Muggings is the plural of mugging.

Words near muggings in the dictionary

  1. muggily
  2. mugginess
  3. mugging
  4. mugging off
  5. mugging up
  6. muggings
  7. muggins
  8. mugginsed
  9. mugginses
  10. muggish
  11. muggle

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