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muggers

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plural of mugger

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The robbers have ordered the victims to unlock their cellphones, and have fled on foot after taking the phones.

— Dylan Olsen, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
Police say the robbers took $50 from one of the chicken stand workers, and $60 from the other.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of robbers

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Part of my strategy for warding off would-be pickpockets is investing in accessories with anti-theft design details.

— Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2026
Think of it like a team of pickpockets, one of which walks up to ask you for directions while the other swipes your wallet.

— Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026

Definition of pickpockets

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The assailants attacked a mosque in Kpenya village after attacks in a string of villages in the remote Borgu Local Government Area of Niger state Friday, police spokesperson Wasiu Abiodun said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Their disappearance was discovered only two hours later, when tourists stumbled upon two Antonello paintings, apparently abandoned by the assailants, leaning against the museum fence.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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Analysts warn each ransom payment fuels more crime as armed groups, from rural bandits to Islamist militants, raid schools, mosques and villages, with an average of 21 kidnappings reported daily.

— Dyepkazah Shibayan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
The Brigands of Rattlecreek follows a sheriff and a doctor who seek revenge against a group of bandits who use the cover of a torrential thunderstorm to rob and terrorize the occupants of a small town.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of bandits

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Speaking of singing pirates, Curry clearly fancied these kinds of roles, signing on to play the villainous Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Brian Henson’s musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
That is up from Politico’s report that Somali pirates had seized at least three tankers carrying oil and fertilizer since April, while a chemical-carrying ship was hijacked off Yemen in July.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

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