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heist (noun)

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  • heist´er — heist «hyst», verb, noun. Slang. –v.t., v.i. to rob or steal: »He d heist a round of his master s…whiskey and disguise the drainage (New Yorker). –n. a robbery or theft: »a payroll heist. ╂[alteration of hoist] –heist´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • heist — noun Heist is used before these nouns: ↑movie Heist is used after these nouns: ↑bank, ↑jewel, ↑jewellery …   Collocations dictionary

  • heist — noun (C) AmE informal an act of robbing something very valuable from a shop, bank etc: a jewelry heist heist verb (T) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • heist — [ haıst ] noun count INFORMAL an organized attempt by thieves to steal something: ROBBERY …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • heist — (v.) 1927 (in heister shoplifter, thief ), Amer.Eng. slang, probably a dialectal alteration of HOIST (Cf. hoist) lift, in sense of shoplift, also in older British slang to lift another on one s shoulders to help him break in. As a noun, from 1936 …   Etymology dictionary

  • heist — informal, chiefly N. Amer. ► NOUN ▪ a robbery. ► VERB ▪ steal. ORIGIN from a local pronunciation of HOIST(Cf. ↑hoister) …   English terms dictionary

  • Heist film — A heist film is a film that has an intricate plot woven around a group of people trying to steal something. Versions with dominant or prominent comic elements are often called caper movies. They could be described as the analogues of caper… …   Wikipedia

  • heist — UK [haɪst] / US noun [countable] Word forms heist : singular heist plural heists informal an organized attempt by thieves to steal something …   English dictionary

  • heist novel — /ˈhaɪst nɒvəl/ (say huyst novuhl) noun a novel in which the plot hinges on the planning and execution of an ambitious and complicated robbery, usually with the scheme, initially successful, going awry. Also, heist book. {heist (def. 2) + novel1} …  

  • heist — 1. noun a) a robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum The Bank Job is also the first proper Jason Statham movie since his days banging about in Guy Ritchies early heists. b) A heist film …   Wiktionary

  • heist — /haɪst / (say huyst) verb (t) 1. to rob; steal. –noun 2. a robbery; burglary: *Memories flooded back to that last great heist from the National Gallery in the mid 80s when Picasso s Weeping Woman went missing –aap news, 2000. Also, hoist.… …  

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