Robert is walking down the street late at night when a man in a ski mask suddenly sticks a gun in his face and takes his wallet. Sociologists would say that Robert's mugger had ________ but not ________.

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The mugger had power, the ability to force Robert to comply with his demands, but not authority, which is power that is recognized as legitimate by those it is exercised over.

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