hold-up angl.

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Definition

Definition of hold-up - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

braquagevol avec menace d'une arme pour voler de l'argent

Les bandits ont organisé un hold-up dans cette banque hier soir.

attaque à main armée

braquage

monopolisationaccaparement injuste de quelque chose par quelqu'un

Son hold-up sur les ressources de l'entreprise inquiète les employés.

accaparement

monopole

sportvictoire obtenue au dernier moment dans une compétition

L'équipe française a réalisé un hold-up sur la médaille d'or.

victoire surprise

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Origin of hold-up

anglais, hold up (braquage)

Examples of hold-up in a sentence

La police enquête sur un hold-up raté au supermarché du coin.
On dénonce le hold-up des grandes chaînes sur le marché.
Ce hold-up des subventions par une seule association choque.
Le but à la dernière seconde fut un vrai hold-up.
Ils ont fait un hold-up en finale contre les favoris.

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English:armed robbery, takeover, ...
German:Raubüberfall, Übernahme, ...
Italian:rapina a mano armata, scippo, ...
Spanish:atraco, apropiación indebida, ...
Portuguese:assalto à mão armada, apropriação, ...
Chinese:持械抢劫, 霸占, ...
Japanese:武装強盗, 乗っ取り, ...
Arabic:سطو مسلح, استحواذ غير عادل, ...
Hebrew:שׁוֹד מְזוּיָּן, הִשְׁתַּלְּטוּת, ...
Russian:налёт, рейдерский захват, ...
Ukrainian:збройне пограбування, монополізація, ...
Catalan:atracament, apropiació indeguda, ...
Danish:et væbnet røveri, monopolisering, ...
Dutch:gewapende overval, overname, ...
Greek:ληστεία με όπλο, κατάληψη, ...
Hungarian:fegyveres rablás, kisajátítás, ...
Khmer:ការប្លន់ប្រដាប់អាវុធ, ការកាន់កាប់ដោយអយុត្តិធម៌, ...
Korean:무장 강도, 부당 점유, ...
Polish:napad z bronią w ręku, monopolizacja, ...
Portuguese (BR):assalto à mão armada, apropriação indevida, ...
Romanian:jaf armat, preluare, ...
Swedish:rån, roffande, ...
Thai:การปล้นด้วยอาวุธ, การฮุบกิจการ, ...
Turkish:silahlı soygun, tekelleştirme, ...
Vietnamese:vụ cướp có vũ trang, sự chiếm đoạt, ...

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