heist
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- noun
- /haɪst/
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- The criminals executed a careful heist at the jewelry store under the cover of night.
- a bank heist
- pull off a heist
- a diamond heist
It's like the biggest heist by far of all time.
- It's like the biggest heist by far of all time.
- People are mad because they're victims of the largest heist in human history.
- The cause of that is that he sets up the heist, the fake heist to lure the crooked cop in.
- Where did you go after the aeroplane heist?
- Each has the choice of remaining silent or confessing that the two of them committed the heist.
- My favorite is the bank heist and climbing in the air duct.
- So the heist element made me say yes.
- So for those who love a time heist, the ministry of time.
- David Griffiths wants to know what about my favorite heist movie?
Examples
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Are you planning a jewelry heist?
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How long were you planning this heist?
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This show is about possibly the biggest bank heist in history.
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Could we talk through the plan, the scheme that she went through, the heist that she pulled?
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And they lay out the heist in detail?
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We know that he was in on the heist.
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People are mad because they're victims of the largest heist in human history.
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This is the most complicated heist I've ever planned.
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Shocked police called it one of the biggest heists in European history.
Blog text (1) -
You've got a team of people who are all trying to pull off the same heist and they succeed or fail together.
Synonyms
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2.3
Stealing things from people and places such as shops and banks using force or threats
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1.1
An act of taking someone else's property without permission to keep it
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3.2
Stealing from a person or place while using a weapon, usually a gun
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3.4
To enter a place suddenly and steal things
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7.2
Stealing something that belongs to someone else to keep it
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7.9
A robbery in which people are forced to give money, often with a gun
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5.6
The act of taking things that belong to other people without permission
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4.6
An act of stealing from someone by using threats or a weapon
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1.0
Taking something that belongs to another person without permission
Antonyms
How Big
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- NSFW
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3.2
749
2.3
155
3.0
356
1.1
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2.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Heist probably comes from an old word like hoist ('to lift') or from a German word that meant 'to demand'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine thieves 'lifting' goods in a planned robbery, which is why a heist is a carefully planned theft.