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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Verb
Nesbit scoffs at the proposal, citing the difficulties of heisting perhaps a metric tonne of nuclear material.—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2024 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
Noun
Here, in darkly comedic action thriller, a group of artists in a psychiatric hospital plan a heist against a big pharma company, sparking a corruption scandal.—John Hopewell, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024 What Williams doesn’t realize is that his afterparty also creates an opportunity for a brazen criminal heist that targets all of his wealthy guests.—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for heist
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