Verb
a professional burglar was able to heist a box of jewelry from the safe in the closet Noun
it was the largest jewelry heist in the city's history
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Plus, the Wall Street Journal told us to save money by skipping breakfast, and a man in the UK heisted thousands of dollars worth of Cadbury Creme Eggs.—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 17 Feb. 2023 Shohei Ohtani is the greatest player on the planet, scarcely pausing to heist that title from teammate Mike Trout.—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2022
Noun
Of the millions stolen from the Milwaukee Rail post office train, only about two-thirds was recovered during the investigation, and subsequent arrests and trials of the eight men involved in the heist, according to Bob Storozuk, curator of the Milwaukee Road Historical Association Museum.—Chloe Hilles, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024 Layton wrote and directed the 2018 heist movie American Animals that starred Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan and Ann Dowd.—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for heist
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