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Related topics: Crimemug2 past tense and past participle mugged, present participle mugging
1 [transitive]SCC to attack someone and rob them in a public place : 
A lot of people won't go out alone at night because they're afraid of being mugged.
A lot of people won't go out alone at night because they're afraid of being mugged.2 [intransitive] American English informal to make silly expressions with your face or behave in a silly way, especially for a photograph or in a play
mug up
phrasal verb informalSE to try to learn something in a short time, especially for an examination [= swot up]
