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Definition of "heist" []

  • To steal: heisted the collection of jewels from the museum. (verb-transitive)
  • To hold up; rob. (verb-transitive)
  • A robbery; a burglary. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "heist" in a sentence
  • "The bank heist is not the first crime that affected voters Tuesday."
  • "The heist is successful, but when it comes to divide the money, the robbers get into a shootout which leaves all of them dead, except one guy who leaves to exact revenge before dying, himself."
  • "With socialism dead, the gigantic heist is now proposed as a sacred service of the newest religion: environmentalism."