to hold up the joint

[Mike Hussey]

Dave Moss: Someone should hurt them - Mitch and Murray. Someone should hurt them where they live. Someone should rob the office. If we were that kind of guy - to hold up the joint, trash it. It looks like robbery.

What does "hold up the joint" mean?

Source: Glengarry Glen Ross (a 1992 American drama film adapted by David Mamet from his 1984 Pulitzer Prize–winning play of the same name, and directed by James Foley)

 

[GoesStation]

Rob the place at gunpoint. "The joint" is slang for the place.

 

[Tdol]

As slang, it sounds a bit dated to me. Today's criminals may well have different terms for this.