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View definitions for stick up

stick up

verb as in hold up

verb as in mug

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verb as in shoplift

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Police said the suspect originally told of being injured in a car accident, but officers soon realized the injuries occurred in the shootout during the attempted stick-up.

The construction worker was on his way to his job site on Howard University’s campus when the deadly stick-up took place.

"My behavior was erratic, problematic. I didn't do well with authority and structured environments. I robbed and stole. I became a car thief, a stick-up kid. That's how I ate."

From Salon

But he continued working as a "stick-up kid" who robbed drug dealers and members in rival gangs.

From Salon

The 15-year-old who shot Washington Commanders player Brian Robinson Jr. during a stick-up last summer also pleaded guilty to killing another teen in an unrelated shooting in October.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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