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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
/ ɪ /
noun
a robbery
verb
(tr) to steal or burgle
Other Word Forms
- heister noun
- ˈٱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of heist1
Example Sentences
Sheen was already serving a 19-year sentence for previous crimes, and he will serve the four-year sentence for the heist consecutively.
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.
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.
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".
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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