(an act of) robbery committed by a person or group carrying weapons, now esp. firearms.

the action of robbing a person, vehicle, or establishment at gunpoint; an instance of this, a stick-up.

slang (originally Australian, now chiefly U.S.). A robbery in which a gun is used to threaten or coerce; an armed robbery; = hold-up, n. 1b. Cf. t…

An instance of ‘holding up’; a robbery committed in this manner.