muggee, n.
(mʌˈgiː)
[f. mug v.3 2 + -ee1.]
The victim of a violent attack or robbery; one who is ‘mugged’. Usu. contrasted with mugger n.4 2.
| 1972 Time 27 Mar. 85/2 There is even a drawback to ‘Super Sound’, an ear-piercing air horn attached to an aerosol can and designed to summon help while startling attackers. It can damage the hearing of mugger and muggee alike. 1974 Newsweek 16 Sept. 53/2 It is no use saying a mugger is a symptom of social problems. For..a muggee, the ‘symptom’ is the problem. 1976 Maclean's Mag. 22 Mar. 14/2 When attacked, the muggee should ‘try not to make any ethnic slurs’. 1981 Spectator 28 Nov. 4/3 Have muggees, the majority of whom are white, no right to be protected against muggers? 1987 Telegraph (Brisbane) 9 Apr. 14/1 After proving four were tougher than one the muggers drove off and the muggee went home to bed. |