Sentence examples for the stickup from inspiring English sources

For some reason, he ran after the stickup men, even though he was unarmed.

"In the old days, the stickup men were like cowboys," he continued.

Highsmith found someone who knew one of the stickup men and who, at Highsmith's request, negotiated with them.

"I usually don't like to tell people that because it sets you up for the stickup guys," Mr. McKinney said.

He is also a junkie, so stoned that he brings yellow rubber gloves to the stickup, as if he and Frankie were washing dishes on the night shift.

"I was mad enough to do anything," he told me, making it clear that he and his friends had been hunting for the stickup guys.

He was into stickups, burglaries, car thefts.

"It was a straight stickup," he said.

(A thieves' good luck charm, or something?) They run inside, pulling a classic put-the-money-in-the-bag stickup as Rosa's hands shake holding her gun -- clearly a novice.

The Hill's blog notes that President Obama is a fan of the show, and says that his favorite character is the charismatic stickup man, Omar; the actor who played Omar, Michael K. Williams, is described by The Hill as previously expressing support for Mr. Obama.

Michael K. Williams played Omar Little, the righteous stickup man in "The Wire," and now plays Chalky White, the bootlegger on "Boardwalk Empire," so he is a big deal in the Brooklyn housing projects where he grew up.