heist

Definition

A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.

Etymology

Probably pronunciation variation of hoist.

Example Sentences

• "The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months."
• "It is a conventional heist play in which the drama is created less through the characters' actions than through the fact of one of them having a gun."
• "The Bank Job is also the first proper Jason Statham movie since his days banging about in Guy Ritchie's early heists."