As nouns the difference between robbery and holdup
is that robbery is the act or practice of robbing while holdup is an alternative spelling of lang=en.
robbery
English
Noun
(robberies)
The act or practice of robbing.
(legal) The offense of attempting to take the property of another by threat of force.
Hypernyms
(attempt of taking the property of another by threat) larceny
Hyponyms
; attempt of taking the property of another by threat
* piracy, armed robbery, aggravated robbery, highway robbery, mugging, carjacking, extortion, stick-up (slang), blagging (slang), steaming (slang)
Related terms
* armed robbery
* rob
* robber
* daylight robbery
* strong-arm robbery