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verb

Definition of stick upnext
as in to rob

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noun

as in holdup

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Recent Examples of stick up
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick up
  1. rob
  2. holdup
  3. rip off
  4. burglary
  5. hold up
  6. mugging
  7. plunder
  8. break-in
Verb
  • Jacob Arriaga Guerrero was arrested March 23, 2025, after stealing a pickup truck, robbing a woman at gunpoint at a Walmart in Crowley and leading Crowley police on a pursuit into Johnson County.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Baltimore Police are investigating after two people attempted to rob a restaurant in Southeast Baltimore while customers were being served.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of rob
Noun
  • Service learned the holdup was due to the site in question also being considered a homeless encampment.
    — Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Lee was convicted of fatally shooting Jimmy Ellis, 53, and Elaine Thompson, 44, during a pawn shop holdup in 1998 in Orrville, about 60 miles west of Montgomery.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of holdup
Verb
  • Then Tyler Allgeier ripped off a 63-yard touchdown run, and a 52-yarder on Arizona's next offensive play.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • At this point, Buckley said pieces of the aircraft likely began ripping off.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of rip off
Noun
  • Ochoa has a 2008 burglary conviction in Santa Barbara County and Thompkins has a 2014 burglary conviction in Tulare County, according to the Los Angeles Times and SFGATE.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Prosecutors have alleged that both are eligible for sentencing enhancements for prior strike felony offenses — Ochoa for a 2008 burglary conviction in Santa Barbara County, and Tompkins for a 2014 burglary conviction in Tulare County.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of burglary
Verb
  • Some fans held up large posters and asked for autographs, while chants of the director’s first name broke out from the crowd.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The Bears have held up pretty well in some basic defensive metrics.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 1 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
Verb
  • 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
  • As noted recently by Deadline, other Chinese AI models continue to plunder IP, including MiniMax H3, which generated videos that violated studio brand safety standards 55% of the time when an image was used in a prompt.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 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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