Dictionary entry overview: What does hugger-mugger mean? â¢ HUGGER-MUGGER (noun) The noun HUGGER-MUGGER has 1 sense: 1. a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses Familiarity information: HUGGER-MUGGER used as a noun is very rare. â¢ HUGGER-MUGGER (adjective) The adjective HUGGER-MUGGER has 2 senses: 1. in utter disorder
Four US cities have a place among the top 50 most dangerous cities in the world (on the basis of murder per capita statistics). St. Louis ranks 15th with a murder rate of 59.23 per 100,000 inhabitants a rise from 2015's rate of 49.93, making it the most dangerous location in the country by far.
That answer is just so, SO wrong. New York City used to be a dangerous place, in the 1970s and 1980s. But it is currently the safest major city in the U.S., and has been for several years now. The Lower East Side, SoHo, TriBeCa, Chinatown, Harlem, and Central Park are no more dangerous than the rest of the city. I am a lifelong New Yorker, and I am also a night-owl, and I have spent so many hours, night after night, year after year, wandering the streets of Manhattan.