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holdup
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holdup
n.
armed robbery, act of forcing a person to stop and robbing them; delay
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Robbery
Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force or threat of force or by putting the victim in fear.
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holdup
Noun
1. robbery at gunpoint
(synonym) armed robbery, heist, stickup
(hypernym) robbery
(derivation) hold up, stick up
2. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
(synonym) delay
(hypernym) inactivity
(hyponym) break, interruption, disruption, gap
(derivation) delay, detain, hold up
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holdup (de)
n.
armed robbery
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hold-up
n.
zdržení; přepadení
