mugger

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  1. noun One who commits a mugging.
  2. noun One who makes exaggerated faces, as in performing.
  3. noun A large crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.

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  • Your thinking about murder charges and doing the right thing, the mugger is not encumbered in that manner. —  reddit.com: what's new online!
  • Parks had just finished his late-night shift on Jan. 10 and was walking home to his Initially police thought Byas was attempting to help Parks and was mistaken for a mugger, but prosecutors have ruled that out. —  NBC New York - Top Stories
  • Police say the mugger is probably between 11 and 13 years old. —  WREG - CLICK HERE FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS
  • Available online for as little as £16 and coming in either discrete black or mugger-attracting white finishes, the Sennheisers immediately impresses with their packaging. —  Digital-Lifestyles
  • Yes you meet the mugger, the robber and the burglar. —  The Latest From www.politics.co.uk
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  1. Hindi magar, from Sanskrit makaraḥ, crocodile, of Dravidian origin.
 

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