n. A thief who takes property by threatening (or performing) violence on the person who is robbed; a person who commits a mugging; one who mugs. See mug, v. t. Syn. -- robber [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
{ n. Also }. [ Hind. magar, fr. Skr. makara sea monster. ] The common crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) of India, the East Indies, etc. It becomes twelve feet or more long. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]