mug

/mʌg/ verb [T] (present participle mugging, past tense and past participle mugged)

Definition

› to attack and rob someone in a public place: [often passive] He was mugged as he walked across the park.

mugger noun [C] › someone who mugs people

(Definition of mug verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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