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Encyclopedia > Mugged

Mugging may refer to:

  • A type of robbery, in which the perpetrator accosts the victim in a public place, such as a street or parking lot, and demands money and/or valuables. The robber will typically threaten to use a weapon such as a gun or knife, but mugging can also involve physically beating the victim. Muggers will sometimes kill or injure victims who fail to hand over what the mugger considers a sufficient amount of money.
  • A theatrical term for an actor trying to entertain the audience with facial expressions instead of playing the role accurately.
  • Being "Mugged off" means some one is making you look like a fool
  • Rote learning.

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ptc (10306 words)
The press invented the term 'mugging' with a series of stories [one of which was concerned with four fl youths from Birmingham which led to an early intervention by Critcher, and the start of the 'mugging project' at the CCCS].
The media, local and national, used at the word 'mugging' in their headlines to describe the events (although it was not used in the courts) so as to ensure 'that the "debate" which follows would be heavily inferentially structured from the outset' (page 84).
Mugging has been dealt with from the perspective of society rather than the perspective of the individual, and we have seen outlined the formal possibility of an explanation.
Zero Hour - What makes us difference? (1249 words)
In just 20 hours, Model Mugging provides the actual fighting experience that is needed to successfully defend oneself against a single unarmed assailant, an armed assailant, and multiple assailants.
In Model Mugging, women learn how to defend themselves in realistic scenarios and use "real" fear to their advantage by transforming it into positive fighting energy.
By the end of the course, even during the chaos of fighting, the physical techniques of the students are solid, strong, and fast, but they are naturally and spontaneously implemented.
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