Definition for stick-up - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	stick-up (stick-up) noun informal, chiefly US an armed robbery in which a gun is used to threaten people: I had strolled into a genuine stick-up		Search results in the dictionary up the stick in stick¹ stick someone/thing up in stick² stick up for in stick² stick 'em up! in stick² stick² More results » More words in this category artist backhander borgata clip 2 contraband distraction burglary fraud gang bang gangland heist maltreatment ned offender pad 1 profiteer rechipping stick-up stool pigeon wilding 1 yakuza Nearby Words stichomythia stick ¹ stick ² stick insect stick shift stick-handle stick-in-the-mud stick-nest rat stick-to-it-iveness stick-up stickability stickball stickbuilt sticker sticker price sticker shock sticking plaster sticking point stickleback