Noun
He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
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Noun
Man gets 5 years in Cedar Lake robbery A Gary man got 5 years in a plea deal earlier this month for a Cedar Lake stickup.—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025 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
Verb
George Clooney recently stuck up for himself against Megyn Kelly, but the former Fox News anchor did not take his criticism lightly.—William Earl, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025 The real issue is that people just don’t stick up for Spurs in the media.—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stickup
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