holdup

  • 21holdup — n. armed robbery, act of forcing a person to stop and robbing them; delay …

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  • 22holdup — uphold …

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  • 23holdup — n 1.U.S. Informal. robbery, purse snatching, Inf. mugging, U.S. Sl. stickup, Sl. hustle, Sl. heist, Sl. jumping, Sl. rolling; highway robbery, banditry, brigandage, piracy, buccaneering, freebooting, Obs. latrociny. 2. delay, hold, detention,… …

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  • 24holdup — hold•up [[t]ˈhoʊldˌʌp[/t]] n. 1) a robbery of a person at gunpoint 2) a delay in the progress of something 3) an instance of being charged excessively • Etymology: 1830–40, amer …

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  • 25holdup — A robbery committed by threats and the use of deadly weapons. Leo v State, 63 Neb 723, 724, 89 NW 303 …

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  • 26holdup — noun 1. robbery at gunpoint (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑armed robbery, ↑heist, ↑stickup • Derivationally related forms: ↑stick up (for: ↑stickup), ↑ …

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  • 27holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery. [1955 60] * * * …

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  • 28Thomas Holdup Stevens — Captain Thomas Holdup Stevens, USN (22 February 1795 21 January 1841) was an American naval commander in the War of 1812.Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Thomas Holdup was orphaned at an early age and was adopted by General Daniel Stevens. On… …

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  • 29The Trail of the Holdup Man — Infobox Film name = The Trail of the Holdup Man image size = caption = director = George Holt producer = writer = Jack Jevne narrator = starring = Hoot Gibson music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 29 November, 1919 runtime …

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  • 30uphold — holdup …

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