Holdup

“Holdup bill includes strengthened SEC, new independent consumer protection agency.”

Matthew Yglesias » Against “FinReg” 2010

Maybe call it the Holdup bill, because we our nation was basically held up by these crooks.

Matthew Yglesias » Against “FinReg” 2010

The Battery Holdup The concept of an electric vehicle has been around for more than a century.

Technology Levels Playing Field in Race to Market Electric Car 2009

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Miss Holdup arrogated to herself great praise for having defended what she called the right side; and so delighted was poor Ellen with every body and every thing which favoured her young friend, that she began to take a great fancy to the silly affected girl, merely because she thought that she loved

The Barbadoes Girl A Tale for Young People Mrs. Hofland

And when President Nelson, of the Granton Electric Railway Company, informed her that the defense of the famous Holdup Suit, as the conservative press had nicknamed it, was to be left entirely in her hands, she felt herself able to laugh at her enemies and detractors.

Warner and Wife 1915

It was in connection with the Holdup Suit that Mrs. Warner conceived her great idea.

Warner and Wife 1915

The Holdup Suit, brought by the City of Granton against the Granton Electric Railway Company, to collect thirty thousand dollars in profits in accordance with a clause of the franchise, was a political move on the part of the new liberal city administration.

Warner and Wife 1915

"Jim, I want to represent the city in the Holdup Suit."

Warner and Wife 1915

"Holdup!" repeated several voices outside in tones of excitement.

The Girl of the Golden West David Belasco 1892