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In an article on overacting, Independent critic Leigh Singer wrote: "Unlike theatre's declamatory projecting to the back row, a 'stagey' performance onscreen isn't a compliment... ultimately, it really is a matter of personal taste."
Mugging or mugger may refer to: Mugger crocodile, a species native to India, Iran, Nepal, and Pakistan; Muggers, a 2000 Australian movie directed by Dean Murphy;
Highway robbery or mugging takes place outside or in a public place such as a sidewalk, street, or parking lot. Carjacking is the act of stealing a car from a victim by force. Extortion is the threat to do something illegal, or the offer to not do something illegal, in the event that goods are not given, primarily using words instead of actions.
It’s a frequent occurrence — not like this, setting people on fire — but like the mugging, the killings, the fighting, the shootings, they’re really common nowadays. [It’s] very bad.”
A knife-wielding menace nicknamed the “Haggler After Midnight” is on the loose after mugging a dozen people in Brooklyn and Queens — and bizarrely negotiating over what to steal, cops said.
Sign on an Amsterdam street warning of pickpockets. Street crime is a loose term for any criminal offense in a public place.According to London's Metropolitan Police Force, "Robbery, often called 'mugging', and thefts from victims in the street where their property is snatched and the victim is not assaulted are also considered 'street crime'."
I've been flipped off, mean-mugged, and given many thumbs down. I've also experienced others aggressively merging in front of me and being shouted at in traffic.
The term "virtual mugging" was coined in Japan in 2005 when a player of Lineage II used bots to defeat other players’ characters and take their items. [30] The Kagawa prefectural police arrested a Chinese foreign exchange student on Aug. 16 following the reports of virtual mugging and online sales of the stolen items. [30]