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as in grimaced
to distort one's face
every time their picture was snapped, both children mugged by sticking out their tongues or scrunching up their faces
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as in photographed
to take a photograph of
mugging captured criminals for the police records
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Recent Examples of mugged
America hadn’t been outpaced by a flawed rival; it had been mugged.
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Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Our own editors have run the gamut of unexpected setbacks abroad, including getting mugged and pickpocketed, as well as having their passports stolen.
—Michelle Baricevic, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
Those included the presence of people selling drugs, gang activity, homes broken into by burglars, people being robbed or mugged, people getting beaten or raped, and children and youth getting into trouble.
—Anna Maria Santiago, The Conversation, 10 Dec. 2025
Besides being mugged by one of Iza’s henchmen, a brick was thrown through his window and his car was vandalized.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
After a stint staying with her police detective son, Charlie, Harry begins to investigate crimes herself, now finding an unlikely new sleuthing partner, a teen who had mugged Harry.
—Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The draw for the 1994 World Cup was held there, when James Brown performed and Robin Williams mugged for the cameras with Sepp Blatter, one of entertainment’s more unlikely double acts.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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Stokes grimaced, bit his collar and headed straight for the dressing room, unable to complete his over.—
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Mayfield had his left shoulder first checked in the second quarter after taking a hard hit on a scramble, and grimaced later in the drive after throwing a touchdown pass to Tez Johnson.—
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Dressed in casual clothes and comfortable shoes, Elordi and Giannulli are photographed grabbing coffee and walking Elordi’s dog in Silver Lake, a neighborhood in Los Angeles.—
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In his more than 30-year career, Janner photographed many of the biggest news stories in Austin but his greatest joy is photographing moments in the lives of everyday people.—
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The horses in the fear group touched the novel object less often and stared at it from a distance more than their peers did.—
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Freeman stared at the video screen with his mouth open.—
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“Mugged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mugged. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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