What is "muggings"

Usage examples of "muggings".

The reason for this is as follows: the Guild was given an annual quota which represented a socially acceptable level of thefts, muggings and assassinations, and in return saw to it in very definite and final ways that unofficial crime was not only rapidly stamped out but knifed, garrotted, dismembered and left around the city in an assortment of paper bags as well.

The reason for this is as follows: fhe Guild was given an annual quota which represented a socially acceptable level of thefts, muggings and assasinations, and in return saw to it in very definite and final ways that unofficial crime was not only rapidly stamped out but knifed, garrotted, dismembered and left around the city in an assortment of paper bags as well.

I know the old-timers used to do things like this, stop muggings and stuff, and shoot the shit out of anyone who endangers anyone else.

After three successful muggings in San Francisco--with his powerful muscles, it was a simple matter to twist a man's arm behind his back and ram his head into a wall--Freddy had put three thousand miles between himself and California.