noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
hold
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He had a problem: His wife and son were being held hostage at gunpoint .
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Like Mr Thompson they were held up at gunpoint by two men near their hotel.
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Read in studio A car salesman is recovering after being held up at gunpoint by a man posing as a customer.
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The family were held at gunpoint overnight.
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The attempt to hold it together at gunpoint may succeed only in blowing the Soviet Union apart more violently.
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In the latest raid, customers and staff were held at gunpoint in the Ballyholme branch of the Northern Bank on Wednesday.
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The terrified family were handcuffed, had pillows pulled over their heads and were held at gunpoint overnight.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A gold-and-diamond ring was taken at gunpoint .
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A purse was taken at gunpoint .
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An audience of villagers was summoned at gunpoint .
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Half the kids making wheelies on their bikes had very likely acquired those bikes at gunpoint from other kids.
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He and a 12-year-old boy robbed a middle-aged man of £25 at gunpoint in a Leeds park.
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Read in studio A couple have been robbed at gunpoint on a dream holiday to Disney World.
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Spiked cages surround baroque colonial villas; apartment doors are reinforced and guarded at gunpoint .