YOU SAID:
I once mugged and ate a seagull.
INTO JAPANESE
私はかつてカモメを強盗して食べました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I once robbed a seagull and ate it.
INTO JAPANESE
私はかつてカモメを奪って食べました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I once took a seagull and ate it.
INTO JAPANESE
私はかつてカモメを取って食べました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I once took a seagull and ate it.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.