bail up

British  

verb

1. informal to confine (a cow) or (of a cow) to be confined by the head in a bail See bail 3

2. (tr) history (of a bushranger) to hold under guard in order to rob

3. (intr) to submit to robbery without offering resistance

4. informal (tr) to accost or detain, esp in conversation; buttonhole

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Example Sentences

He was released on unsecured bail, meaning he was not required to pay his bail up front, common for misdemeanors in Pennsylvania.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2023

“We put calls out last night trying to put bail up for the guy,” Bannon said the next morning on his “War Room” podcast.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2022

I cannot quite realize the terrified passengers being driven through the Black Forest, but can picture their horror when ordered to "bail up" by a party of Australian Turpins.

From A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 by Clacy, Ellen

She could frighten a wildish cow and bail up anything that would stay in a yard with her.

From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf

Cracky, but we had Pee-wee so crazy that he'd bail up a can of water out of one end of the boat and empty it in the other end.

From Roy Blakeley by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese