stickup man
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈstɪkˌʌp mæn/
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- We picked a neutral turf for the wedding since her mother and father thought their 17-year-old daughter, Loretta Geigerman, should not marry an Italian stickup man.
Examples
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What I'm not is a stickup man.
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"With a good education," Francis Kennedy said, "any burglar, stickup man, or any mugger will know enough to steal without hurting anyone."
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The stickup man threatened the bank teller with a gun during the robbery.
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After years in prison, the former stickup man shared his story of redemption.
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Witnesses identified the stickup man as someone they had seen in the neighborhood before.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who steals from others by using or threatening to hurt them
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4.6
A person who steals from people or places, often using a weapon
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3.7
A person who attacks someone on the street to steal from them
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9.9
A person who steals from others, often using force or threats
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7.9
A man who threatens people with a weapon to steal money
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9.9
A person who steals from shops or buildings, often during a planned robbery
A woman who robs shops or banks by threatening people with a gun
A young person who uses threats or physical force to steal from people
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a man who commits an armed robbery' is directly derived from combining 'stickup' (an armed robbery) with 'man' (an adult male), forming a straightforward agentive compound. This noun+noun composition is productive and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Stickup man comes from the image of someone doing a stick up — holding a gun 'up' to force people to give money. So, a stickup man is a robber who threatens people with a weapon.