強盗
解説 Definition
mugging は mug（路上で襲って金品を奪う）の動名詞で、名詞としては強盗、特に路上でのひったくりや強奪を意味します。暴力や脅しを伴う犯罪を指す語で、一般的な盗難よりも危険な響きがあります。
An act of attacking or threatening someone in a public place in order to steal money or possessions. Unlike theft in general, a mugging normally involves direct confrontation with the victim and may include violence or the threat of violence.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞 mug「路上で襲って奪う」に -ing を付け、名詞化した語。短母音の後の語末子音 g を重ねて mugging と綴る。単なる theft「盗難」ではなく、路上などで人を脅したり暴力を加えたりして金品を奪う事件を指す。report a mugging、a street mugging という場面で覚える。
Link mugging to the verb mug, meaning to attack and rob a person, usually in a public place. Imagine a police report about someone threatened near a park and forced to surrender a wallet. That direct confrontation distinguishes a mugging from ordinary theft, which may happen without the victim noticing. Common expressions include report a mugging, a street mugging, and a mugging victim. In spelling, mug doubles its final g before -ing because it ends in a single consonant after a short stressed vowel: mug becomes mugging.
例文
The police investigated a mugging near the park.
警察は公園の近くで起きた強盗事件を調べました。
She reported the mugging as soon as she reached home.
彼女は家に着くとすぐにその強盗被害を届け出ました。
After the mugging, the neighborhood added more street lights.
その強盗事件の後、地域では街灯が増やされました。
mugging の類義語・関連語
mugging の語源・成り立ち Etymology
mugging は動詞 mug「人を襲って金品を奪う」に -ing を付けた行為名詞です。犯罪の意味の mug の起源は確定していませんが、俗語の mug「顔」や、かつての「顔を殴る」という用法との関連が指摘されています。現代英語では mugging は暴力や脅しを伴う対人強盗を指します。関連語は mugger、mugshot です。
Mugging is the action noun formed by adding -ing to the verb mug, with the final g doubled. The criminal sense of mug developed in slang and has been associated with mug meaning “face,” although the precise historical path is not completely certain. In modern English, to mug someone means to attack and rob that person, and mugging names the resulting violent or threatening act of robbery.
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