stickup

Noun

Meaning

robbery at gunpoint

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

holdup heist armed robbery attack crime assault raid theft pirate stealing robbery blackmail robber embezzlement extortion

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Antonyms

guard man return object police prey

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Hypernyms

robbery

Phrases with the word

stickup artist stickup man stickup boy

Examples

sovereignty is irrevocable, and when the United States, through its cannons, forced the Spanish plenipotentiaries to sign the so-called cession of Puerto Rico, it was committing just a typical North American stickup. Pedro Albizu Campos

Close letter words and terms

sticktoitive sticktoitiveness stickum stickup artist stickup boy stickup man