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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a mugger" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a person who attacks someone in a public place with the intent to rob them.
Example: "The police are searching for a mugger who has been targeting tourists in the downtown area."
Alternatives: "a robber" or "an assailant".
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Rhonda: "He was a mugger.
He does not appear to be a mugger.
A mugger, we thought, a mugger in uniform as he wore the standard attire for private security guards.
People grasp at anecdotal observation: store closures, idle spouses, a rash of attacks by a mugger (a mugger!) with a pipe.
Lopez was approached from behind by a mugger who demanded money.
Susan is attacked by a mugger a mile from her house.
"Janet is attacked by a mugger only 10 feet from her house.
If you know you can handle a mugger of a masher, then you got spiritual peace".
A creep is a mugger, chat-room victimizer or necrophiliac in waiting.
Watch for Sylvester Stallone in a small role as a mugger.
He used his terms of reference like a mugger uses a doorway.
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