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stickup

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stick⋅up

  [stik-uhp]
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–noun Informal.
a holdup; robbery.
Also, stick-up.

Origin:
1855–60; n. use of v. phrase stick up
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stick·up   (stĭk'ŭp')   
n.   Slang
A robbery, especially at gunpoint.

[From the expression "Stick up your hands!".]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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