heist
heists; heisted; heisting
When a man with a gun walks into a bank and says, "Give me all your money," that's a heist or a robbery at gunpoint.
Heist, pronounced "hīst," is a slang word for an armed robbery. It's also a slang word used to describe the act of stealing or breaking into someone's house to steal their stuff. In other words, it's a burglary. Heist can also act as a verb: "If you've heisted a diamond ring, you've stolen it."
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the act of stealing
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robbery at gunpoint
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synonyms:
armed robbery, holdup, stickup
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type of:
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robbery
larceny by threat of violence
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robbery
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commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
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synonyms:
burglarise, burglarize, burgle
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type of:
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steal
take without the owner's consent
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steal
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