stick sth/sb up
mainly US informal— phrasal verb with stick uk/stɪk/us/stɪk/verb stuck, stuck
to steal from a place or person, using a gun as a threat:
Did you hear that someone stuck up the post office last night?
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stick-up
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- appropriate
- armed robbery
- break in/break into sth
- duff
- larceny
- liberate
- light-fingered
- loot
- looting
- mug
- relieve
- rip sth off
- rob
- robbery
- run off with sth
- scrump
- sting
- whip
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