Hold up
Hold up verb - Rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Irzyka can rob, swindle or hold up merchants, steal in people's houses and even kill some bystanders For the Evulz.
Source: Video Game / Aëdemphia -
More Dakka: A hold up man who was planning to rob a jewelry store entered a gun shop by mistake.
Source: Series / 1000 Ways to Die -
A criminal planning to rob a jewelry store at gunpoint failed to notice that he entered the wrong store... and found himself attempting to hold up a gun shop.
Source: Failed a Spot Check
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