'Mugger' definitions:
Definition of 'mugger'
(from WordNet)
noun
A robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
Definition of 'Mugger'
From: GCIDE
- Mugger \Mug"ger\, n. Also Muggar \Mug"gar\, Muggur \Mug"gur\ [Hind. magar, fr. Skr. makara sea monster.] The common crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) of India, the East Indies, etc. It becomes twelve feet or more long. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'mugger'
From: GCIDE
- mugger \mugger\ 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 mugs. See mug, v. t.
- Syn: robber [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Synonyms of 'mugger'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggressor,
- assailant,
- assailer,
- assaulter,
- attacker,
- bank robber,
- beast,
- beldam,
- berserk,
- berserker,
- bomber,
- bookworm,
- bruiser,
- brute,
- bushranger,
- demon,
- devil,
- dragon,
- failing student,
- fiend,
- fire-eater,
- firebrand,
- footpad,
- fury,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- greasy grind,
- grind,
- gun,
- gunsel,
- hardnose,
- hatchet man,
- hell-raiser,
- hellcat,
- hellhound,
- hellion,
- highway robber,
- highwayman,
- hijacker,
- holdup man,
- holy terror,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- hothead,
- hotspur,
- incendiary,
- invader,
- killer,
- mad dog,
- madcap,
- Mafioso,
- monster,
- mug,
- muscle man,
- overachiever,
- plug-ugly,
- raider,
- rapist,
- revolutionary,
- road agent,
- robber,
- rodman,
- roughneck,
- sandbagger,
- savage,
- she-wolf,
- spitfire,
- stickup man,
- strong-arm man,
- swotter,
- termagant,
- terror,
- terrorist,
- tiger,
- tigress,
- torpedo,
- tough,
- tough guy,
- train robber,
- trigger man,
- ugly customer,
- underachiever,
- violent,
- virago,
- vixen,
- wild beast,
- witch,
- wolf,
- Young Turk