heist
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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to take unlawfully, especially in a robbery or holdup; steal.
to heist a million dollars' worth of jewels.
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to rob or hold up.
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
- heister noun
Etymology
Origin of heist
1925–30, alteration of hoist
Example Sentences
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More than two months after an embarrassing daylight heist which has heaped pressure on Louvre bosses, staff are calling for more recruitment and better maintenance of the vast complex of buildings.
From Barron's
A police spokesman likened the break-in to the Hollywood heist film Ocean's Eleven, telling AFP news agency it was "very professionally executed".
From BBC
The title seems particularly fitting for a lobster heist.
If the thieves who dropped Empress Eugenie’s crown outside the Louvre during this year’s heist, sparked an interest in jeweled headgear, try this encyclopedic guide to the world’s most famous tiaras.
Newly released state papers by the National Archives of Ireland, over 20 years later, reveal the privately held views of senior civil servants, politicians and public figures at the time of the heist.
From BBC
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