Being 'Mugged' make sense?

[cliffski]

If someone runs up in the street and steals your money / bag / possessions, in the UK, he is a 'Mugger' and you have been 'mugged'.
Is this universal? Would people in other countries use those same words? It sounds a bit English to me,
Also, does 'burglar' anfd 'burgled' make sense? (home broken into to and robbed)
(its for my game).
Cheers

[svero]

That's the normal way of saying it in Canada and probably the US as well. I think it would probably be understood in most english speaking countries.

[Fry Crayola]

Pretty sure it's normal in the US, based solely on multiple US sitcoms.

[jankoM]

Here in slavic-english (IMO) burglar/burgled sounds very usual english/US.. word. Mugged reminds me a little of "Only Fools and Horses" style of talk but this might also mean more universal "street talk" and much more colourfur as "robbed" - robbed sounds dry.

((OT: Just remembered the "You plonker" scentence from OF&H that gave me so many laughs that I just began laughing now as I remembered it))

[Shaz]

Those are the terms we use down under.

[revve]

Yep - them's the words we use in South Africa as well ;)

[Anthony Flack]

Yep, those are the New Zealand words too.

[Uty]

Here in the States "mugged" also has the connotation of having been beaten up during the process of the robbery. If that isn't the case you were just "robbed"

[Savant]

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mugged

Doesn't have to actually be assault. The threat of it is enough to warrant a label of "mugged".

[BantamCityGames]

Mugged sounds fine, but burgled doesn't really sound like something people would say. Usually people say "we've been robbed" when referring to their house (in the US anyway).

[Shaz]

so then instead of burgled/burglar, it'd be robbed/robber. Any of those terms would be understood here.

[Anthony Flack]

But "burgled" is a pretty neat little word.

[Bmc]

i don't think anyone uses burgled, doesn't even sound like it's a real word.

Robbed, Robber is what we used in my part of Canada, Mugger as well, but only for people robbing your person

[AnthemAudio]

The only one who does any "burgling" in the US is the Hamburglar.

[kerchen]

The only one who does any "burgling" in the US is the Hamburglar.

And Bilbo Baggins in the Rankin-Bass version of "The Hobbit". :)

[AnthemAudio]

And let's not forget Burglecut from Willow...

...actually, let's forget Burglecut from Willow.

[Anthony Flack]

Oh, so it sounds like burgled isn't used in the US then. Pity. Because it's a neat little word.

The connotation is that burgling involves sneaking in and taking things without being noticed. Whereas robbery has more of a sense of going in and taking things by force.

[svero]

I always think of burglery as something that happens to a house or room and not directly to a person.. which is a mugging

[electronicStar]

I'm not even an english speaker, but I think the correct term is "burglarized"

[Pyabo]

Why don't you appeal to the young hip crowd and say you got "jacked?" :rolleyes:

[GBGames]

"Burgled" is not proper, but I have heard it used in a joking manner, similar to "confuzzled".

[Savant]

Sorry to do this twice in one thread, but:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=burgled

[cliffski]

interesting. Burglarized sounds like a bushism to me. I think it seems safe to go with Robbed for house and mugged for person.

[DanMarshall]

Burglarized grates on my English ears. 'Gaaaaah' to Burglarized...

[Nikster]

I was burgled by a burglar, I was robbed by a robber, I was mugged by a mugger.

We use the term burgled here more than robbed if you're working class ;) and things like turd-robber just doesn't sound right.

[kerchen]

I would say go ahead and use "burgle." To my ear, it's on par with "gruntle": it sounds funny, you understand what it means even if you've never heard it before, and it's listed in most English dictionaries.

[bentlegen]

I've been mugged recently, and I assure you, that's the term we use up here!

[Mark Fassett]

I've always considered a burglar to be a bit sneaky (not likely to be armed) and will only take from you when you're not around, a robber to be more daring (often armed) and will take stuff while someone is around, and a mugger to be someone who will steal from you only when you are by yourself outside (park, dark alley), and won't invade your car/house to do it.

[arcadetown]

Rob or mug make sense in your context. Typically rob goes with rob a store or rob an individual at knife or gun point. Typically you mug an individual at knife or gun point that may also include being beaten up but you don't mug a place. You burglarize a place which is break in and steal contents but you don't burglarize an individual.

[BarrySlisk]

"Burgled" is not proper, but I have heard it used in a joking manner, similar to "confuzzled".

BlackAdder uses it in Season III (Ink & Incapability), ergo it must be a real word :)

"We've been burgled!!!!"

"Still, for me, socks are like sex. Tons of it about & I can't seem to get any." - Prince George

[Steve Ince]

"Burgled" is not proper, but I have heard it used in a joking manner, similar to "confuzzled".
As a resident in the country that gave the world English ( :) ) I can assure you that "burgled" is entirely proper, although I know that it's common in the US to use the term "burglarized".

"Burglarized" sounds like it should be used for turning a person into a burglar. :D