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heist
[ hahyst ]
noun
- a robbery or holdup:
Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
verb (used with object)
- to take unlawfully, especially in a robbery or holdup; steal:
to heist a million dollars' worth of jewels.
- to rob or hold up.
heist
/ haɪst /
noun
- a robbery
verb
- tr to steal or burgle
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Derived Forms
- ˈheister, noun
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Other Words From
- heister noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of heist1
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Example Sentences
Return fraud has been called the invisible heist—or “de-shopping.”
Two gunmen pulled off a daylight heist in the Diamond District and evaded every single cop.
He had his team practice the bank heist over and over, throwing in various possibilities and forecasting alternative measures.
What had started as a simple heist had now become a hostage crisis and for the next 14 hours.
The game ended with a Portuguese heist, but it began with an American gift.
As Will made his daring plunge Josh Heist on rushed to the side, and stood with starting eyes gazing at the disturbed water.
But apparently the job was a genuine heist, not a cover-up for something else.
Van der Heist and Frans Hals are sinking to the level of gifted amateurs.
Ef he should bother us I kin heist him on my back, easy enuf.
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