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verb

Definition of stick up

as in to rob

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Verb

When Jane reemerges the next morning, her hair is completely out of whack with a tuft sticking up and the whole mane completely bedraggled. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 June 2026 One can stick up for female athletes and defend female sports without singling out and effectively mass cyberbullying a high school athlete. — Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 31 May 2026

Noun

Man gets 5 years in Cedar Lake robbery A Gary man got 5 years in a plea deal earlier this month for a Cedar Lake stickup. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025 The stickup comes amid a nearly 23% drop in robberies in the Bronx’s 44th Precinct, which saw 135 robberies as of April 27 compared to 175 in the same time period last year, according to NYPD statistics. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for stick up

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PepGen is a latecomer to the fight to treat myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), a condition that typically robs patients of muscle control and strength beginning around adolescence.

— Jason Mast, STAT, 10 Nov. 2026
Just days before the killing, Arriaga Guerrero had been arrested for stealing a pickup, robbing a woman at gunpoint at a Crowley Walmart and leading police on a chase.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of rob

Noun

Perilous jungles, scorching deserts and frozen tundra slowed him down, but bureaucratic holdups brought his adventure to a halt for long periods.

— Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Service learned the holdup was due to the site in question also being considered a homeless encampment.

— Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of holdup

Verb

The tail of the helicopter was ripped off and hanging from a nearby fence.

— Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
The chant was prompted after a fiery Feleipe Franks got his helmet ripped off his head after a play and yet no flag was thrown — the culmination of a first half in which Carolina suffered 10 penalties for 101 yards.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Nov. 2026

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Nine additional burglaries occurred on Evanston’s Central Street during the same period, according to a statement from Evanston police Cmdr.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
Law enforcement officers found Comer Monday night in an outbuilding in Batesburg-Leesville and arrested him on charges of burglary and resisting arrest.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of burglary

Verb

For listeners of a particular age and background—too young to properly appreciate Odd Future but holding up as formative Blonde, Flower Boy, and SoundCloud rap—2017’s trilogy of SATURATION albums remains a benchmark.

— H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2026
Whether its underlying assumptions hold up against other observations, including measurements of cosmic expansion and the cosmic microwave background, remains an open question.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of hold up

Noun

Trump’s Arch will commemorate his overnight mugging of Venezuela and his colossal misadventures in Iran.

— Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
It’s been 14 years since that mugging, and I haven’t been robbed since, despite traveling to more than 60 countries and moving to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

— Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of mugging

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Military leaders on both sides have also plundered Sudan’s vast gold reserves, smuggling much of their takings out of the country.

— Mat Nashed, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026
Social media posts and merchant reports said luxury and beauty stores, including Sephora, Celine, Burberry and Louis Vuitton, were plundered.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of plunder

Noun

Ring camera footage from a neighbor corroborated the break-in and damage to the victims' furnishings.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
With this plan, live agents are on standby 24/7 and will contact emergency services in the event of a break-in or fire.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of break-in

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