Synonyms of the word

holdup

• n. Alternative spelling of hold-up.

delay

• n. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
• v. To put off until a later time; to defer.
• v. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
• v. (obsolete) To allay; to temper.
• v. (obsolete) To dilute, temper.
• v. (obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.

heist

• n. A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.
• n. (slang) A heist film: a film whose plot centers around an attempted robbery.
• v. (transitive) To steal, rob, or hold up (something).

inactivity

• n. The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.

robbery

• n. The act or practice of robbing.
• n. (law) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.

stickup

• n. A robbery at gunpoint.
• n. A small diameter tree branch or limb that extends out of the water in flooded or submerged timber, as…