heist
noun
a robbery or holdup.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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It seems that an international ring of Mukkinese battle-horn smugglers has heisted a Mukkinese battle horn from a museum in London.
From Time Magazine Archive
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