STICKUP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Robbery at gunpoint

Synonyms:

armed robbery; heist; holdup; stickup

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stickup" is a kind of...):

robbery (larceny by threat of violence)

Derivation:

stick up (rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat)

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