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to heister

to heister

1 9.9
To steal things from shops or buildings, often during a planned robbery
  • verb
  • /ˈhaɪstər/
  • Informal
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  • Police caught the suspects before they could heister the bank.

Examples

  • The gang heisted the jewelry store last night.

  • He bragged about how easy it was to heister expensive watches from the shop.

  • The group planned to heister the electronics store late at night.

  • Did the thieves really heist the bank?

  • The gang plans to heister the diamond from the jewelry store tonight.

  • They tried to heister as much cash as possible before the alarm went off.

  • Last summer, he was caught trying to heister some electronics from the mall.

Synonyms

to heist
vsto heister
6 7.5

To steal valuable things from a building, usually by breaking in

is used for planned theft generally rather than only break-ins
to snitch
vsto heister
  • Archaic
2 8.0

To steal something quickly and secretly

is used for theft involving planning or organized effort

How Serious

to heister
  • Informal
1 9.9
to rob
696 1.2
to burgle
  • UK
5 5.0
to steal
∞ 1.0
to pilfer
16 6.5

Surface Forms

heister infinitive
heisted past
heisted past participle
heisting present participle
heisters third person singular

Etymology

Heister as a verb comes from the slang heist, a word for a planned robbery. One popular idea connects heist to an old German word heischen meaning 'to demand', and a simple memory trick is to think of hoist 'to lift', so to heister something is to 'lift' it away — in other words, to steal or rob.