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- Dictionaryheist/hīst/
noun
- 1. a robbery: "a diamond heist"
verb
- 1. steal: North American "he heisted a Pontiac"
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HEIST definition: 1. a crime in which valuable things are taken illegally and often violently from a place or person…. Learn more.
1. chiefly dialectal : hoist. 2. a. : to commit armed robbery on. b. : steal sense 1a. heist. 2 of 2. noun. : armed robbery : holdup. also : theft. Synonyms. Verb. appropriate. boost [ slang] filch. hook.
Heist definition: a robbery or holdup. See examples of HEIST used in a sentence.
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 meaning: 1. a crime in which valuable things are taken illegally and often violently from a place or person…. Learn more.
A heist is a robbery, especially one in which money, jewellery, or art is stolen.
Define heist. heist synonyms, heist pronunciation, heist translation, English dictionary definition of heist. Slang tr.v. heist·ed , heist·ing , heists 1. To steal: heisted the collection of jewels from the museum. 2. To hold up; rob. n. A robbery; a burglary....
an act of stealing something valuable from a shop or bank synonym robbery. a bank heist; It’s a tense thriller about a diamond heist that goes badly wrong. a heist movie; Topics Crime and punishment c2
to take unlawfully, especially in a robbery or holdup; steal: to heist a million dollars' worth of jewels.
Definition of heist verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
