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Synonyms for holdup
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hohld-uhp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhoʊldˌʌp |
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Définition of holdup
- noun problem
- noun take goods illegally by force
- A holdup by all the people of all the people for all the people is Liberty.
- Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
- The two craft drew together, and for the rest it was like the other holdup.
- Extract from : « The Wreck of the Titan » by Morgan Robertson
- The burglar and holdup man are high-minded gentlemen by comparison.
- Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various
- And there I had a job explaining that I wasn't a holdup myself.
- Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
- I offered him the value he put on the ranch himself, not a holdup price.
- Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
- A holdup man, caught in the act, had pretended to surrender.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Fire » by Roy J. Snell
- The point is this: You know all about the holdup that is going to take place.
- Extract from : « Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Of course he doesn't expect the holdup—not in the papers anyhow.
- Extract from : « Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The crime-wave was unknown, the daylight holdup unprecedented.
- Extract from : « Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color » by Brander Matthews
- He called up the details of the holdup and carefully revolved them in mind.
- Extract from : « The Lone Star Ranger » by Zane Grey
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