单词 | knifepoint mugging |
释义 | > as lemmasknifepoint mugging As a modifier, designating a crime carried out while threatening the victim with a knife, as in knifepoint mugging, knifepoint robbery, etc. Cf. at knifepoint. ΚΠ 1942 Sacramento (Calif.) Bee 29 June 8/1 [He] was expected to be formally charged today with kidnaping and possibly other felony counts after the knifepoint abduction yesterday. 1980 Daily Mail 26 June 17/3 Police today launch a campaign to find motorists who may hold the vital clue to the knife-point rape of a 15-year-old girl. 1996 China Post (Taipei, Taiwan) 1 May 15/3 [He] was arrested in October 1994 after a knife-point robbery. 2020 Argus (Brighton) (Nexis) 12 Sept. Three men are in custody after reports of a knifepoint mugging in a park. < as lemmas |
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