(Slang) The act of stealing; SYN. rip-off.

1. Delay
2. A robbery carried out at gunpoint
3. Something that prevents something else from happening or causes it to happen late is a holdup.
4. When someone uses a gun or other weapon to rob a person, bank, or store, it is a holdup. A stickup is the same as a holdup.

ETYM Old Fren. roberie.
Larceny by threat of violence.
In law, a variety of theft: stealing from a person, using force, or the threat of force, to intimidate the victim.

ETYM Cf. Old Fren. espoille, Latin spolium.
1. The act of stripping and taking by force; SYN. spoliation, spoilation, despoliation, despoilment.
2. The act of spoiling; SYN. spoiling, spoilage.
3. (Usually plural) Valuables taken by violence (especially in war).

A robbery at gunpoint; holdup
When someone uses a gun or other weapon to rob a person, bank, or store, there is a stickup. A holdup is the same as a stickup.