hand up

verb

To deliver an indictment (e.g. to a judge).

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbhand up (third-person singular simple present hands up, present participle handing up, simple past and past participle handed up)

present singular third person hands up · participle present handing up · participle past handed up · past handed up

  1. transitivelawTo deliver an indictment (e.g. to a judge).
Cite this entry
APA

hand up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20up

MLA

“hand up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hand up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20up.

Source: hand up on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.