stick something/someone up

Related to word: stick

Phrasal Verb

Definition

  1. to commit robbery at a location or against an individual by threatening them with a firearm

    • The assailant stuck up a passerby at the street corner, trying to steal his wallet.

    • The police are investigating a robbery case where the criminal stuck up the store clerk at gunpoint, demanding cash.

    • On that busy street, a group of young men attempted to stick up the owner of a small shop with a firearm.