stickup

n. Slang
A robbery, especially at gunpoint.

[From the expression "Stick up your hands!".]

noun

The act or crime of taking another's property unlawfully and by force: holdup, robbery. Slang heist. See crimes, give/take/reciprocity.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: robbery at gunpoint
  Synonyms: armed robbery, heist, holdup

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - holdup, tyveri

Nederlands (Dutch)
overval

Français (French)
n. - braquage, hold-up

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Slang) bewaffneter Raubüberfall

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) ένοπλη ληστεία

Italiano (Italian)
rapina a mano armata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - assalto a mão armada (m)

Русский (Russian)
стоячий воротник, ограбление, налетчик, стоячий (о воротнике)

Español (Spanish)
n. - atraco, asalto, robo a mano armada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rånöverfall, rånkupp, bankrån

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
竖起物, 强盗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 豎起物, 強盜

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 세운 깃, 권총 강도

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 立ち襟

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سرقه مسلحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שוד מזויין‬

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