stick up
verb
1 stick up
Rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat.
synonym: hold up.
Roget 791:
steal,
thieve,
rob,
mug,
purloin,
pilfer,
filch,
prig,
bag,
nim†,
crib,
cabbage,
palm;
abstract;
appropriate,
plagiarize.
convey away,
carry off,
abduct,
kidnap,
crimp;
make off with,
walk off with,
run off with;
run away with;
spirit away,
seize
etc.
(lay violent hands on)
789.
plunder,
pillage,
rifle,
sack,
loot,
ransack,
spoil,
spoliate†,
despoil,
strip,
sweep,
gut,
forage,
levy blackmail,
pirate,
pickeer†,
maraud,
lift cattle,
poach;
smuggle,
run;
badger [Slang];
bail up,
hold up,
stick up;
bunco,
bunko,
filibuster.
swindle,
peculate,
embezzle;
sponge,
mulct,
rook,
bilk,
pluck,
pigeon,
fleece;
defraud
etc.
545;
obtain under false pretenses;
live by one's wits.
rob Peter to pay Paul,
borrow of Peter to pay Paul;
set a thief to catch a thief.
disregard the distinction between meum and disregard the distinction between meum and tuum [Lat.].
[receive stolen goods]
fence,
launder,
launder money.
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Roget 250:
be prominent
etc.
adj.;
project,
bulge,
protrude,
pout,
bouge [Fr.],
bunch;
jut out,
stand out,
stick out,
poke out;
stick up,
bristle up,
start up,
cock up,
shoot up;
swell over,
hang over,
bend over;
beetle.
render prominent
etc.
adj.;
raise
307;
emboss,
chase.
[become convex]
belly out.
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2 stick up
Defend against attack or criticism.
synonym: stand up.
Roget 212:
be vertical
etc.
adj.;
stand up,
stand on end,
stand erect,
stand upright;
stick up,
cock up.
render vertical
etc.
adj.;
set up,
stick up,
raise up,
cock up;
erect,
rear,
raise on its legs.
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Roget 307:
heighten,
elevate,
raise,
lift,
erect;
set up,
stick up,
perch up,
perk up,
tilt up;
rear,
hoist,
heave;
uplift,
upraise,
uprear,
upbear†,
upcast†,
uphoist†,
upheave;
buoy,
weigh mount,
give a lift;
exalt;
sublimate;
place on a pedestal,
set on a pedestal.
escalate
etc.
(increase)
35
102
194.
take up,
drag up,
fish up;
dredge.
stand up,
rise up,
get up,
jump up;
spring to one's feet;
hold oneself,
hold one's head up;
drawn oneself up to his full height.
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Moby thesaurus: arise, boost, bristle, bristle up, buoy up, cast up, cock up, commit robbery, elevate, erect, escalate, extrude, get up, heave, heft, heighten, heist, hijack, hike, hoick, hoist, hold up, jerk up, jump up, jut out, knock off, knock over, knock up, levitate, lift, lift up, lob, loft, loot, mug, perk up, plunder, poke out, project, protrude, protuberate, raise, raise up, ramp, ransack, rear, rear up, relieve, rifle, rip off, rise, rise up, rob, set up, shoot out, shoot up, sit bolt upright, sit up, sky, stand out, stand up, start up, stick out, throw up, up, upbuoy, upcast, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, uprise, upthrow ... show more.
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