holdup|holdups in English

noun

armed robbery, act of forcing a person to stop and robbing them; delay

Use "holdup|holdups" in a sentence

1. The holdup for now is price.

2. Marcos became notorious for gambling, thievery, and holdups.

3. He was involved in this holdup.

4. No weapon was seen in the 20 p.m. holdup.

5. He is the victim of a masked holdup.

6. The unsuccessful holdup closely resembles two other bank robberies.

7. You and Dutchy, wearing masks, step in and pull a fake holdup.

8. A holdup took place in broad daylight in a crowded street.

9. Calling themselves the Nixons the group is committing a spree of violent armed holdups

10. The policemen concluded that the same bandit probably had pulled all three holdups.

11. Gas holdup and liquid circulation in an internal airlift loop reactor were investigated.

12. Biggs and 16 others made off with $ 3 million in the 1963 holdup.

13. Distributions of gas and solid holdup along radial and axial directions are investigated and simulated.

14. Cunctation definition: the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time synonyms: holdup, delay, procrastination

15. Cunctation - the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time procrastination , shillyshally delay , holdup - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

16. Cunctation: 1 n the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time Synonyms: procrastination , shillyshally Type of: delay , holdup the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time