stickup
Gunpoint theft demand
A stickup is an armed robbery, especially one where a weapon is pointed at the victim: This is a stickup!
The term evokes classic holdup scenarios—masked bandits, drawn guns, demands for cash.
As a verb phrase, to stick up means to rob at gunpoint: They stuck up the convenience store.
Organized large-scale theft
- armed robberyTheft with weapon threat
- muggingRobbery with violence
- gunpointAimed weapon's end
- banditArmed roadside thief
cashier · mask · getaway · loot · demand · victim · perpetrator · balaclava
heist
Organized large-scale theft
- armed robberyTheft with weapon threat
- muggingRobbery with violence
- gunpointAimed weapon's end
bandit · cashier · mask · getaway · loot · demand · victim · perpetrator · balaclava · convenience store
robber
One who steals by force
gunman · masked man · crook · burglar · hijacker · desperado · outlaw · criminal · gangster · raider
demand
Forceful request or requirement
intimidate · confront · ambush · accost · waylay · corner · surprise · overpower · coerce · force
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, snowflake
- theftstealing, larceny, steal, burglary, robbery
- robberyrobbery, armed robbery, bank robbery, hold-up, mugging
- heistsheist, bank job, bank heist, bank robbery, art heist
- Outlawsoutlaw, bandit, desperado, highwayman, robber
- raidsair raid, border raid, cavalry raid, coastal raid, commando raid
stickuppickpocketing
Theft from pockets
shoplifting · embezzlement · white-collar crime · burglary · fraud
stickupdonation
Voluntary charitable gift
gift · purchase · payment · charitable giving · fair trade
- stick toPersist with something
- stick togetherRemain in alliance
- stick outExtend beyond a surface
- stick withMaintain commitment to
- sticky notesSmall adhesive paper slips
- stick figureSimplified human drawing
stick, sticky, sticker, sticking, unstick, unsticking, restick, stickups