holdup man
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of holdup man
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Friday offers two Hitchcocks: In “Rope,” Mr. Stewart is the voice of moral reason while foiling Leopold-and-Loeb-like killers; in “The Wrong Man,” Mr. Fonda plays a jazz musician mistaken for a holdup man.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2017
The police answered Reddin's call in what seemed no more than seconds, capturing the holdup man.
From Time Magazine Archive
In St. Louis, when a holdup man took his last $40, Grocer Max Levy protested that he needed some change to continue with the day's business, got $5 back.
From Time Magazine Archive
But a Baltimore jury acquitted him last month, forcing frustrated Judge Joseph L. Carter, as he put it, to "foist a professional holdup man on the public."
From Time Magazine Archive
You acted as if you thought I might be a holdup man.
From Signal in the Dark by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)
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