heist
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heist¹
- /haɪst/
Rhymes with -aɪst
Where it comes from
Probably pronunciation variation of hoist.
noun heists
- A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum. The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months.
- A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot; a work in such a genre. It is a conventional heist play in which the drama is created less through the characters' actions than through the fact of one of them having a gun.
verb heists · heisting · heisted
- To steal, rob, or hold up (something).
Heist²
proper noun Heists
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: stickup, burgle, burglarize, armed robbery, rip-off, holdup, robbery, burglary, stolen, theft, stealing, break-in, steal, break, breaker, breaking
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Talk about this word "heist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/heist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. heist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/heist "heist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/heist.Cite this
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title = {heist},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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