heisted; heisting; heists
Examples of heist in a Sentence
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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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
Organic eggs are $9.99 a dozen and have become so valuable people are stealing them — in Pennsylvania, 100,000 eggs worth $40,000 were heisted just this week, followed by another egg caper in Seattle.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
One of the suspects in the $102 million jewelry heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris may have a surprising side to him, according to a driver who says he was helped by the man weeks before the robbery.
—Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2025
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Verb
An unusual criminal ring focused entirely on heisting semi-trucks, trailers and dump trucks has been busted in Florida, resulting in $6 million worth of heavy equipment being found, according to investigators.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
Organic eggs are $9.99 a dozen and have become so valuable people are stealing them — in Pennsylvania, 100,000 eggs worth $40,000 were heisted just this week, followed by another egg caper in Seattle.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
Shawn Robbins, director of analytics at Fandango and founder of analytics firm Box Office Theory, credited some of the heist movie’s success this weekend to Lionsgate’s advertising, which included fan-like edits posted to social media.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
One of the suspects in the $102 million jewelry heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris may have a surprising side to him, according to a driver who says he was helped by the man weeks before the robbery.
—Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2025
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“Heist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heist. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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