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heist

[hahyst]

noun

  1. a robbery or holdup.

    Four men were involved in the armored car heist.



verb (used with object)

  1. to take unlawfully, especially in a robbery or holdup; steal.

    to heist a million dollars' worth of jewels.

  2. to rob or hold up.

heist

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a robbery

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to steal or burgle

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • heister noun
  • ˈ𾱲ٱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of heist1

1925–30, alteration of hoist
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Word History and Origins

Origin of heist1

variant of hoist
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Sheen was already serving a 19-year sentence for previous crimes, and he will serve the four-year sentence for the heist consecutively.

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Leave it to Kelly Reichardt, who turned Michelle Williams into a seething sculptor with frenemy issues in “Showing Up,” to make the gentlest, most self-deprecating heist movie imaginable.

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The four who took part in the heist were given sentences of up to eight years, mostly suspended, and they will not return to prison because of time served.

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She urged the jury not to be swayed by the age and the health conditions of the defendants who – at the time of the heist – were "seasoned robbers".

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The hundreds of texts, calls and voice messages sent between the two men in the two weeks following the heist would help convict Doe, a well-connected businessman from the traveller community.

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