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noun
1.
a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
verb (used with object)
2.
to take unlawfully, especially in a robbery or holdup; steal: to heist a million dollars' worth of jewels.
3.
to rob or hold up.
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Heisted
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
heist
1927 (in heister "shoplifter, thief"), Amer.Eng. slang, probably dialectal alt. of hoist "lift," in sense of "shoplift," also in older British slang "to lift another on one's shoulders to help him break in."
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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