Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.

    Raub, Raubzug, Einbruch

    ограбле́ниеograblénije, грабёжgrabjóž, кра́жаkráža

  2. (countable, uncountable)A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot; a work in such a genre.

More definitions
  • the act of stealing
  • robbery at gunpoint

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Sami's heist was a huge fiasco.

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  2. The bandits planned their next heist.

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  3. He may somehow be involved in the heist.

    deEr könnte irgendwie in den Raub verwickelt sein.

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  4. The thieves divvied up the proceeds from their heist.

    ruВоры поделили добычу.

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  5. Damiano put on a mask to begin the heist.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a robbery or burglary:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a robbery or burglary:

Origin

Probably pronunciation variation of hoist.

Probably pronunciation variation of hoist.

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Forms

plural: heists
Singularheist
Pluralheists

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcyberheist

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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