heist

[ hahyst ]
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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.

Origin of heist

1
1925–30, Americanism; alteration of hoist

Other words from heist

  • heister, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for heist

heist

/ (haɪst) slang, mainly US and Canadian /


noun
  1. a robbery

verb
  1. (tr) to steal or burgle

Origin of heist

1
variant of hoist

Derived forms of heist

  • heister, noun

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