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heist

  [hahyst] Slang.
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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, esp. in a robbery or holdup; steal: to heist a million dollars' worth of jewels.
3. to rob or hold up.
Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; alter. of hoist

Related forms:
heister, noun
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Slang Dictionary
heist [hɑɪst]

  1. n.
    a theft; a robbery. (Underworld. See also lift.) : Lefty just had to pull one last heist.
  2. tv.
    to steal something; to rob a person or place; to lift something. (Underworld.) : The thugs heisted her and took her purse and watch.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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heister [ˈhɑɪstɚ]

  1. n.
    a drunkard, who lifts or heists drinks. : Two old heisters were lifting drink after drink and tossing them down.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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