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STICKUP MAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stickup man mean?
• STICKUP MAN (noun)
The noun STICKUP MAN has 1 sense:
1. an armed thief
Familiarity information: STICKUP MAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An armed thief
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
holdup man; stickup man
Hypernyms ("stickup man" is a kind of...):
stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stickup man"):
highjacker; highwayman; hijacker; road agent (a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it)
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