caper
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈkeɪpər/
:
golpe
- They planned the perfect caper to steal the priceless painting from the gallery.
- a crime caper
- a heist caper
- pull off a caper
It's sort of a sort of real old fashioned sort of caper film and very, you know, parodies itself almost.
- It's sort of a sort of real old fashioned sort of caper film and very, you know, parodies itself almost.
- You know, I, I ask, you know what, what's the history of this caper?
Examples
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Gambit is a comedy crime caper that also stars Alan Rickman and Stanley Tucci.
Blog text (4) -
This will go down in history as the greatest caper in the universe.
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What we know about the film so far is that it's a "crime caper" set in Europe.
Blog text (4) -
And they will pull this caper again.
Blog text (16) -
As long as you were going to rob me, you could have at least let me in on the caper.
Fiction book (1995) -
"You want Mitch to drop you somewhere and we'll pick you up after the caper?"
Fiction book (1992) -
"By the way, who picked up the tab for this caper?"
Fiction book (1990) -
Why would General Orlov participate in a jewellery caper?
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If this were a suspense film, they would be plotting some kind of caper.
Fiction book (2001) -
What you don't see, Michaels, is why Ripley got involved in a small-time caper like grabbing a few diamonds off of some couriers on a subway.
Synonyms
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8.9
A planned theft carried out by criminals
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6.9
A planned theft of valuable things from a building like a bank
A recent playful or bold adventure someone does for fun
A funny adventure that is playful and makes people laugh
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of small trees, shrubs, and herbs that grow in hot, dry, salty places and are sometimes poisonous
- Specialized
A poisonous plant with milky sap whose seeds have an oil once used as a laxative
- Specialized
A woodpecker from the western United States with red feathers under its wings and tail
A small tree or shrub with shiny leaves and sweet-smelling flowers from warm places like Florida and the West Indies
A bush from the eastern Mediterranean and southwest Asia whose flower buds are used as capers in cooking
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Caper for a daring crime comes from the same playful idea linked to Latin capra 'goat'; over time a caper came to mean a bold, often clever robbery or heist.