mugger
noun
1 mugger
A robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street).
Roget 913:
evil doer,
evil worker;
wrongdoer
etc.
949;
mischief-maker,
marplot;
oppressor,
tyrant;
destroyer,
Vandal;
iconoclast†.
firebrand,
incendiary,
fire bug [U.S.],
pyromaniac;
anarchist,
communist†,
terrorist.
savage,
brute,
ruffian,
barbarian,
semibarbarian†,
caitiff,
desperado;
Apache†,
hoodlum,
hood,
plug-ugly [U.S.],
Red Skin,
tough [U.S.];
Mohawk,
Mo-hock,
Mo-hawk;
bludgeon man,
bully,
rough,
hooligan,
larrikin†,
dangerous classes,
ugly customer;
thief
etc.
792.
cockatrice,
scorpion,
hornet.
snake,
viper,
adder,
snake in the grass;
serpent,
cobra,
asp,
rattlesnake,
anaconda†.
canker-worm,
wire-worm;
locust,
Colorado beetle;
alacran†,
alligator,
caymon†,
crocodile,
mosquito,
mugger,
octopus;
torpedo;
bane
etc.
663.
cutthroat
etc.
(killer)
461.
cannibal;
anthropophagus†,
anthropophagist†;
bloodsucker,
vampire,
ogre,
ghoul,
gorilla,
vulture;
gyrfalcon†,
gerfalcon†.
wild beast,
tiger,
hyena,
butcher,
hangman;
blood-hound,
hell-hound,
sleuth-hound;
catamount [U.S.],
cougar,
jaguar,
puma.
hag,
hellhag†,
beldam,
Jezebel.
monster;
fiend
etc.
(demon)
980;
devil incarnate,
demon in human shape;
Frankenstein's monster.
harpy,
siren;
Furies,
Eumenides.
Hun,
Attila†,
scourge of the human race.
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Dutch: overvaller, straatrover
Moby thesaurus: Mafioso, Young Turk, 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, 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 ... show more.
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