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heist [ hahyst ] SHOW IPA
/ haɪst / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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.
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Origin of heist 1925–30,
Americanism ; alteration of
hoist
OTHER WORDS FROM heist heister, noun
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In the first episode, Diop hatches an elaborate plot to steal a necklace that belonged to Marie Antoinette from the Louvre—and the heist s only get more innovative from there.
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Although he is imprisoned, he ultimately escapes before standing trial and goes on to pull off many other colorful heist s.
Return fraud has been called the invisible heist —or “de-shopping.”
Two gunmen pulled off a daylight heist in the Diamond District and evaded every single cop.
He had his team practice the bank heist over and over, throwing in various possibilities and forecasting alternative measures.
What had started as a simple heist had now become a hostage crisis and for the next 14 hours.
The game ended with a Portuguese heist , but it began with an American gift.
As Will made his daring plunge Josh Heist on rushed to the side, and stood with starting eyes gazing at the disturbed water.
But apparently the job was a genuine heist , not a cover-up for something else.
Van der Heist and Frans Hals are sinking to the level of gifted amateurs.
Ef he should bother us I kin heist him on my back, easy enuf.
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British Dictionary definitions for heist
heist
/ (haɪst ) slang , mainly US and Canadian /
Derived forms of heist heister , noun Word Origin for heist variant of hoist
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