to heist
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7.5
- verb
- /haɪst/
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- On breaking into her apartment to heist whatever little money they might find there, they discovered a squalid hoard brimming with rubbish and oddities.
- gonna heist
Examples
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A street kid, starts out stealing DVD players in East L.A., ends up heisting $100 million in Rio.
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After months of preparation, the team successfully heisted the jewelry store without getting caught.
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- The criminal world has learned of it, too, and the crew is planning on heisting it tomorrow.
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He claims some $60,000 in jewelry was heisted from the trunk of his car over at the Pine Ridge Club.
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He then rounded the corner with the two bags, just like he'd heisted a couple of watermelons from a supermarket display.
Fiction book (1997) -
The gang decided to heist a bank in broad daylight, carefully planning every detail.
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In the movie, the thieves heist a famous painting from a museum during a gala event.
Synonyms
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1.0
Take something that does not belong to you without permission
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1.2
To take property illegally from other people using force or threats
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3.4
To enter a place suddenly and steal things
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4.2
To steal things from shops during chaos
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6.0
To steal things by force, often during war or disorder
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5.0
To enter a building without permission to steal things
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5.0
To enter a building illegally to steal things
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9.9
To steal things from shops or buildings, often during a planned robbery
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Etymology
Heist as a verb probably comes from the same idea as hoist ('to lift'). A helpful way to remember it is to imagine thieves 'lifting' goods, so to heist something is to steal it, often in a planned way.