Mug and Thug

Mug

Mug noun - A violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang.

Usage example: just a bunch of mugs with no respect for anyone, not even themselves

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Thug and mug are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thug" instead a noun "Mug".

Thug noun - A violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang.

Usage example: the Mob boss regularly sent his thugs after people who were slow to pay their debts

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Mug and thug are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mug" instead a noun "Thug".

old	old mug	old thug
ordinary	ordinary mug	ordinary thug
single	single mug	single thug
stupid	stupid mug	stupid thug
Other adjectives: real, large, big, huge, little, angry, tall, gigantic, giant.

One night in Leftover Soup, a young thug tries to mug Jamie, and Jamie snatches the thug's gun.

Source: Malicious Slander
Happens in at least another episode when a thug tries to mug Spike using a knife.

Source: Mugging The Monster / Anime and Manga
Backstab Backfire: In a flashback in "Ace in the Hole", Bruce Wayne, while making his pilgrimage to the site where his parents were killed, was ambushed by a Jokerz thug who wanted to mug him.

Source: Western Animation / Batman Beyond

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