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stickup

noun as in holdup

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The numbers showed an increase in stickups — if only on paper.

After a high-speed chase, police caught Chessman at Sixth Street and Vermont Avenue in a stolen Ford linked to a Redondo Beach stickup.

So, in 1969 he returned to France, and became a stickup artist.

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Moore pointed out that robberies were down about 10%, but a greater percentage of those stickups involved firearms.

The homeowner said his wife and baby daughter were both inside at the time of the attempted stickup.

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

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