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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
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 On the evening of May 1, 1978, Cox was thrown out for, essentially, sticking up for the scoreboard operator. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 20 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
  • According to prosecutors, Pooh Shiesty robbed the record label owner of about $450,000 worth of items including his wedding band, a watch, a pair of earrings and cash.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Florida state prosecutors allege that in February 2026, Arnold coordinated and directed his codefendants to lure three men to an apartment where the men were robbed, beaten and held at gunpoint.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of rob
Noun
  • Colorado’s entire bipartisan congressional delegation has criticized the holdup of this funding in the midst of this year’s drought.
    — Kelly Fleming, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The holdup played a significant role in bringing about the bankruptcy filing.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 June 2026
Definition of holdup
Verb
  • Younger fans ripped off their shirts and sprayed water bottles before a band emerged from the smoke of the Bayfront Park stage, playing Argentine music in celebration.
    — Delia Sauer, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • One guy had ripped off the horn from a plastic Viking helmet and was using it to chug beers.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
Definition of rip off
Noun
  • He was arrested on suspicion of burglary and booked into Santa Clara County jail.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
  • Three Bay Area men are facing charges in the May burglary of a cannabis facility that led to a fatal shooting by a security guard, Sacramento police announced Thursday.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of burglary
Verb
  • The Royals didn’t hold up their end of the bargain, however, falling 6-1 to the Philadelphia Phillies in the series opener.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2026
  • That enabled Atlas to run through the same actions millions of times in parallel across cloud GPUs, learning to adapt to imperfect conditions until the behavior held up reliably.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of hold up
Noun
  • Is a 1-game suspension enough for the mugging?
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
  • While investigating this incident, CPD also learned that a shot was fired during a mugging, also in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Definition of mugging
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Lohar’s surviving mercenaries are plundering villages.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • Or was the hole man-made with a malevolent intent, perhaps plundering a grave for artifacts?
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
Definition of plunder
Noun
  • Four people, including a police sergeant, are dead after being shot during a late-night break-in at a northern Ohio home on Sunday, July 5, law enforcement said.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • An older festival trailer starring Gibson features the star interrupting a break-in, while Garcia also learns about break-ins in his short film.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026
Definition of break-in

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