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
Callum McLennan, Variety, 11 May 2026
The Fast and the Furious began as a movie about Los Angeles street racers who are involved in heists.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 May 2026
The Chicago incident is just the latest in a string of heists resulting in the theft of the popular playing cards, which hit the market for the first time in 1999 followed by decades of fanfare.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
The performance is intercut with clips of a Bonnie and Clyde-like storyline of a series of heists.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
Museum heists are all the rage now, from the Louvre on down.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
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
Noun
Across both sections, the Forum highlights a cinema of political charge and poetic drift, with Spanish historical myths, ghosts, heists, love stories, friendship tales and a striking vein of comedy and dark humor all in play.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 11 May 2026
The Fast and the Furious began as a movie about Los Angeles street racers who are involved in heists.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 May 2026
The Chicago incident is just the latest in a string of heists resulting in the theft of the popular playing cards, which hit the market for the first time in 1999 followed by decades of fanfare.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
The performance is intercut with clips of a Bonnie and Clyde-like storyline of a series of heists.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
Museum heists are all the rage now, from the Louvre on down.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heists
Noun
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Young vandals have been suspected in a slew of subway thefts in recent months.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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Police arrested Boswell on Christmas Eve in connection with 18 thefts at the store on the 1100 block of Columbus Avenue in North Beach.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Some believe Benjamin Franklin wanted the wild turkey to be the national bird because the eagle steals food from other birds, but Kochersperger said that’s a myth.—
Sarah Raza,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, the team is sent to steal it back on what would be for anyone else a suicide mission.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Geomagnetic conditions are expected to intensify late tonight into early tomorrow, if the CME swipes Earth, according to the latest forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
12 May 2026
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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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“Heists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heists. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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