Mugging: Main Entry: 3mug
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): mugged; mug·ging
Etymology: probably from earlier mug to strike in the face, perhaps from 1mug
Date: circa 1864
: to assault usually with intent to rob
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On March 24, 2003 - my purse was snatched while leaving the movie theatre after watching "The Fellowship of the Ring." Apparently it was well thought out because there wasn't anyone there except me and my daughter in the parking lot (and I have to confess that it was my inattention that probably made me appealing - talking on a cell phone while walking to the car). So anyway, he snags my purse and we fight over it for a couple of seconds and I think "ok, here is this stocky black guy who *really* wants my purse and I've got my kid here, and what happens if he decides to hurt me?" so I let go and chase him through the parking lot to the get away car.

So I'm all shaking and pissed, and looking for my kid (who shows up quickly) and then on the phone to 911 to report it. We wander back to the theatre and tell them what happened, they get the security guard involved, I call my (at the time ex) boyfriend to give him a heads up (I had a business CC & one of his cards in my wallet). So the cops show, take my statement give me a little scrap of paper with the incident number on it. So I retire to my ex's house (he lived close to the theater at the time) and start calling credit card companies. This literally took hours. I worked the land line and my cell, while my daughter watched TV and wondered what happened.

Just thinking about this pisses me off. I'm done for now.