stick-up
noun/ˈstɪk ʌp/
/ˈstɪk ʌp/
(especially North American English, informal) (also hold-up British and North American English)
- an act of stealing from a bank, etc. using a gunTopics Crime and punishmentc2
- This is a stick-up!
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