heist

UK: /ˈhaɪst/ US: /haɪst/ ,(hīst)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

heist /haɪst/   n. [countable] [Slang.]

1. Slang Terms a robbery or holdup.

v. [~ + object]

2. Slang Terms to steal:
   They heisted the gold and jewels from the vault.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

heist  (hīst), [Slang.]
n. 

1. a robbery or holdup:
   Four men were involved in the armored car heist.

v.t. 

2. to take unlawfully, esp. in a robbery or holdup;
   steal:
   to heist a million dollars' worth of jewels.
3. to rob or hold up.

• alteration of hoist 1925–30, American.

heist′er, n. 

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heist / haɪst/ noun

1. a robbery

verb

1. (transitive) to steal or burgle

Etymology: variant of hoist

ˈheister noun