Idiom
charity mugger
Meaning
A person employed by a charity, or by an intermediary fundraising agency employed by the charity, who stands in the street and invites passersby to set up standing orders or direct debits to make regular donations to the charity.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I avoid the high street because of the charity muggers there.”
“A charity mugger stopped me outside the station and asked if I cared about saving the oceans.”
“She had grown adept at spotting the bright vests of charity muggers from a distance, weaving through crowds with practiced evasion.”
Examples
simple
“I avoid the high street because of the charity muggers there.”
contextual
“A charity mugger stopped me outside the station and asked if I cared about saving the oceans.”
complex
“She had grown adept at spotting the bright vests of charity muggers from a distance, weaving through crowds with practiced evasion.”
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