stickup

Definition

A robbery at gunpoint.

Etymology

Deverbal from stick up.

Example Sentences

• "He lived in a nice apartment. He had no reputation in the neighborhood as a stickup guy or a sexual predator."
• "The news came on. There was relative calm in the world that night. Channel Nine had a convenience-store stickup in Lakewood, an environmental protest in Fort Collins."
• "One night, Sylvio talked about why drug dealers resist drug robbers during a stickup."