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That's not a mugging. I think you mean robbed:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mugged to assault or menace, especially with the intention of robbery.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rob to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/burglarize to break into and steal from: Thieves burglarized the warehouse.



I think he doesn't mean robbed. Robbery is theft with the use or threat of violence. Yes, I know that the dictionary mumbles something half-hearted about it being the same as theft.


Find yourself covered in slime? You're being thefted.


It's closer to a combination of an elaborate pickpocket and purse snatch than anything else.


Is there a version of Poe's Law for pedantry?


Word definitions matter, significantly more than grammar and spelling.




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