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holdup::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | delay |
| Type of | inactivity |
| Has types | dalliance, dawdling, deferment, deferral, demurrage, disruption, filibuster, forbearance, gap, interruption, lag, lingering, postponement, procrastination, retardation, shillyshally, slowdown, tarriance, break, trifling, cunctation |
| Derivation | hold up |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | armed robbery, heist, stickup |
| Type of | robbery |
| Derivation | hold up |
Examples of holdup
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In the Crystal Lake holdup, the clerk was beaten over the head with a lead pipe.
From the dailyherald.com
He then announced it was a holdup and forced four of the women into a back room.
From the dailyherald.com
A beer truck was the holdup, but BZ-220 pulled along Salisbury Street and waited.
From the newsobserver.com
Bell was arrested on May 12 after a May 5 holdup in which a Concord man was shot.
From the fresnobee.com
After the holdup, authorities said, the man left the shop, and Dennis followed.
From the washingtonpost.com
When she went to the bank, Lovadina said she felt uneasy a holdup might happen.
From the stltoday.com
The real holdup on government health care is division within the Democratic party.
From the washingtontimes.com
The car and dogs belonged to Melanie Davis, who was in the bank during the holdup.
From the omaha.com
In its early days, men dressed as Confederate soldiers staged the attempted holdup.
From the fresnobee.com
- Armed robbery: robbery at gunpoint
- Delay: the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
- Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take something of value by force or threat of force and/or by putting the victim in fear. ...
- Holdup is a play in contract bridge, whereby the declarer ducks one or more tricks to opponents, usually in notrump contracts, in order to cut their communications. ...
- (Hold-ups) Stockings designed to stay up without suspenders
- The taking of money or property by threat or the use of force or violence.
- The refusal by either declarer or any opponent to win the trick in order to disrupt and confuse the strategy of the declarer or the communication of the opponents.
