Examples of stickup in a Sentence
Noun
He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
Today’s stickup artist is after something else: smartphones.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
After the game, Bickerstaff commended his team for sticking up for one another.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The stickup comes amid a nearly 23% drop in robberies in the Bronx’s 44th Precinct, which saw 135 robberies as of April 27 compared to 175 in the same time period last year, according to NYPD statistics.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
Today’s stickup artist is after something else: smartphones.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
The eyewitness testimony talks about the stern sticking up as a finger pointing to the sky.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
After the game, Bickerstaff commended his team for sticking up for one another.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Stickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickup. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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