释义 |
stick-up /ˈstɪkʌp /noun informal, chiefly USAn armed robbery in which a gun is used to threaten people: I had strolled into a genuine stick-up...- It would bring me back to my criminal roots and culminate my career; it would remind me how I climbed from muggings to stick-ups to hold-ups to armed robbery to the grandest of larceny.
- And you've got to look to see if there are other individuals that partook of some parts of the crime spree itself- you know, maybe armed stick-ups.
- But something tells me that the federal sentencing standards are tougher on Post Office robberies than supermarket stick-ups.
Rhymeshiccup, pickup |