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Arson vs Mugger - What's the difference?

arson | mugger |

As nouns the difference between arson and mugger

is that arson is (uncountable) the crime of setting a fire with intent to cause damage while mugger is a street robber or mugger can be a large crocodile crocodilus palustris of southwest asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.

arson

English

(wikipedia arson)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The crime of setting a fire with intent to cause damage.
  • * 2006 , , Concrete: Killer Smile , Part two, p.34
    • Arson , like we thought. three punks doused a car, lit it, and took off.
  • (countable) An instance of such a crime.

    • See also

    * incendiary * incendiarism

    Anagrams

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    mugger

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A street robber.
  • A person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance; a gurner.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large crocodile Crocodilus palustris of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.