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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Mugger

/mŭg'-ẽr/ · Mug·ger · IPA /ˈmʌɡɚ/
01 n. The common crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) of India, the East Indies, etc. It becomes twelve feet or more long.
  1. 1.
    The common crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) of India, the East Indies, etc. It becomes twelve feet or more long.
02 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 mug…
  1. 1.
    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. See: mug
Syn. robber