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stickup woman

stickup woman

9.9
A woman who robs shops or banks by threatening people with a gun
  • noun
  • /ˈstɪkˌʌp ˈwʊmən/
  • NSFW
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  • Witnesses said the stickup woman threatened the clerk with a pistol and demanded all the money in the register.

Examples

  • The police are searching for the stickup woman who robbed three banks last month.

  • Newspaper headlines described her as the notorious stickup woman behind the city’s crime spree.

  • The police arrested a stickup woman after a bank robbery.

  • Many stickup women have been caught on surveillance cameras.

  • The police are searching for the stickup woman who robbed three banks last month.

  • Witnesses said the stickup woman threatened the clerk with a pistol and demanded all the money in the register.

  • Newspaper headlines described her as the notorious stickup woman behind the city’s crime spree.

Synonyms

holdup man
vsstickup woman
  • US
1 7.9

A man who threatens people with a weapon to steal money

is the same crime but carried out by a female offender
stickup man
vsstickup woman
  • NSFW
1 9.1

A man who threatens people with a weapon to take their money

is the same crime but carried out by a female offender

How Violent

stickup woman
  • NSFW
9.9
robber
186 1.0
thief
754 1.0
shoplifter
18 3.1

Surface Forms

stickup woman singular
stickup women plural

Morphology

stickup + woman

This is a straightforward noun-noun compound: 'stickup' (a robbery) + 'woman' = a woman who commits a stickup. The meaning is directly compositional and predictable for learners who know both words (noting that 'stickup' is informal/slang but the combined sense is transparent).

Etymology

Stickup woman comes from the old slang stick up, which creates a clear image: a robber points a gun and forces people to raise their hands and give money. So a stickup woman is a woman who 'robs' people by threatening them.