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muggee

muggee

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A person who is attacked and robbed in the street
  • noun
  • /mʌɡi/
  • NSFW
: víctima de un atraco
  • The court considered the trauma suffered by the muggee during sentencing.

Examples

  • The muggee was shaken but unharmed.

  • Many muggees report feeling unsafe in the area.

  • In the aftermath of the attack, the muggee received support from the local community.

  • The muggee was able to give the police a detailed description of the suspect.

  • After the robbery, he became a muggee and was too afraid to walk alone at night.

  • The police interviewed the muggee to gather more details about the incident.

  • Many muggees in the area have reported similar experiences over the past month.

Surface Forms

muggee singular
muggees plural

Morphology

muggee = mug (transparent) = mug + ee

Formed by the productive suffix '-ee' meaning 'person who is the object of an action', so the meaning follows directly from 'mug' + '-ee'.

Etymology

Muggee comes from the verb mug, meaning 'to attack and rob', plus the English ending -ee, which means 'one who receives the action', as in employee or payee. So a muggee is the person who was mugged.