as in steals
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
a professional burglar was able to heist a box of jewelry from the safe in the closet
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Recent Examples of heists
Jennifer Cannon, Vanity Fair, 7 Apr. 2026
Many Pokémon card heists exceed that.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Coop has also, thus far, been able to pull off his heists to supplement his family’s lavish lifestyle after being fired from his finance job.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
The heists have prompted calls for better security to protect valuable artworks.
—CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
What follows below are six of the most brazen art heists ever pulled off, from the crime that accidentally made The Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world to the Romanian kitchen where a Picasso may have gone up in smoke.
—Nick Mafi, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2026
The crime in Parma comes after a series of high-profile heists at major European museums, including a major incident in October where thieves stole jewels and other items worth 88 million euros ($101 million) from the Louvre in Paris.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Based on the Don Winslow novella, Crime 101 follows an elusive jewel thief (Hemsworth) whose string of heists along the 101 freeway have mystified police.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
Thieves have pulled off stunning jewelry heists as well, including one valued at $100 million.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
The robbery would later be connected to a smaller cache of precious gems that had gone missing the previous month from the Beverly Hills home of real estate developer Paul Trousdale, a close friend of the Kirkebys—making these twin burglaries among the largest heists in Los Angeles history.
—Jennifer Cannon, Vanity Fair, 7 Apr. 2026
Many Pokémon card heists exceed that.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Coop has also, thus far, been able to pull off his heists to supplement his family’s lavish lifestyle after being fired from his finance job.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
The heists have prompted calls for better security to protect valuable artworks.
—CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
What follows below are six of the most brazen art heists ever pulled off, from the crime that accidentally made The Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world to the Romanian kitchen where a Picasso may have gone up in smoke.
—Nick Mafi, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2026
The crime in Parma comes after a series of high-profile heists at major European museums, including a major incident in October where thieves stole jewels and other items worth 88 million euros ($101 million) from the Louvre in Paris.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Based on the Don Winslow novella, Crime 101 follows an elusive jewel thief (Hemsworth) whose string of heists along the 101 freeway have mystified police.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
Thieves have pulled off stunning jewelry heists as well, including one valued at $100 million.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heists
Noun
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As the political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) wrote in his magnum opus Leviathan, there would be no culture, no navigation, no knowledge of the face of the earth, no arts, no letters, no society; instead, there would be rapes, thefts, murders, and continual fear of violence.—
George G. Szpiro,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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This includes shoplifting, which dropped by nearly 3%; thefts from vehicles falling by 31%; and thefts of motor vehicle parts decreasing by about 27%, the report said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
8 Apr. 2026
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That’s before Morgan steals a necklace from a chintzy gift shop run by a Turkish gangster named Yusuf, who proceeds to kidnap the pair, intimidate them at gunpoint, and threaten their family, forcing them to perform an array of odd jobs to make up for the petty theft.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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Nicky’s life is upended when his sister Morgan (Taylor Ortega) steals a necklace for their dying grandmother from a boutique with ties to a criminal organization.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In season one, Coop swipes jewelry, expensive wine, designer handbags and more to pay his alimony, child support and to keep up appearances in a neighborhood where appearances are all that matter.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2026
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Sure, the sequence largely swipes away hints given prior that Bowser was an absent father, but in a film where most of the characters veer toward the blandly nice, watching a dad and his son bond over their same sociopathic tendencies was the only moment that tugged at the heartstrings.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2026
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