"heist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /haɪst/ Audio: En-au-heist.ogg [Australia] Forms: heists [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪst Etymology: Probably pronunciation variation of hoist. Etymology templates: {{m|en|hoist}} hoist Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} heist (countable and uncountable, plural heists)
  1. A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a robbery or burglary): кражба (kražba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), грабеж (grabež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), robatori [masculine] (Catalan), atracament [masculine] (Catalan), loupež [feminine] (Czech), krádež [feminine] (Czech), roof [masculine] (Dutch), ryöstö (Finnish), keikka [slang] (Finnish), braquage (english: robbery) [masculine] (French), casse (english: burglary) [masculine] (French), roubo [masculine] (Galician), asalto [masculine] (Galician), ძარცვა (ʒarcva) (Georgian), Raub [masculine] (German), Raubzug [masculine] (German), Einbruch [masculine] (German), Überfall [masculine] (German), चोरी (corī) [feminine] (Hindi), डाका (ḍākā) [masculine] (Hindi), rapina [feminine] (Italian), കൊള്ള (koḷḷa) (Malayalam), ran [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), plyndring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skok [masculine] (Polish), napad [masculine] (Polish), roubo [masculine] (Portuguese), assalto (Portuguese), jaf [neuter] (Romanian), spargere [feminine] (Romanian), ограбле́ние (ograblénije) [neuter] (Russian), грабёж (grabjóž) [masculine] (Russian), кра́жа (kráža) [feminine] (Russian), похище́ние (poxiščénije) [neuter] (Russian), воровство́ (vorovstvó) [neuter] (Russian), krádež [feminine] (Slovak), lúpež [feminine] (Slovak), vykrádačka [feminine, slang] (Slovak), robo [masculine] (Spanish), atraco [masculine] (Spanish), stöt [common-gender] (Swedish), kupp [common-gender] (Swedish), soygun (Turkish), ⁧چوری⁩ (corī) [feminine] (Urdu), ⁧ڈاکا⁩ (ḍākā) [masculine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-heist-en-noun-g-zkLotA Disambiguation of 'a robbery or burglary': 98 2
  2. (countable, uncountable) A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot; a work in such a genre. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-heist-en-noun-qaXUtjV-

Verb

IPA: /haɪst/ Audio: En-au-heist.ogg [Australia] Forms: heists [present, singular, third-person], heisting [participle, present], heisted [participle, past], heisted [past]
Rhymes: -aɪst Etymology: Probably pronunciation variation of hoist. Etymology templates: {{m|en|hoist}} hoist Head templates: {{en-verb}} heist (third-person singular simple present heists, present participle heisting, simple past and past participle heisted)
  1. (transitive) To steal, rob, or hold up (something). Tags: transitive Derived forms: heister Translations (to steal, rob or hold up something): крада (krada) (Bulgarian), ограбвам (ograbvam) (Bulgarian), robar (Catalan), atracar (Catalan), ukrást [perfective] (Czech), uloupit [perfective] (Czech), beroven (Dutch), roven (Dutch), ryöstää (Finnish), voler (French), asaltar (Galician), roubar (Galician), rauben (German), stehlen (German), കൊള്ളയടിക്കുക (koḷḷayaṭikkuka) (Malayalam), plyndre (Norwegian Bokmål), rane (Norwegian Bokmål), rabować [imperfective] (Polish), roubar (Portuguese), jefui (Romanian), красть (krastʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), гра́бить (grábitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), robar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-heist-en-verb-pH7scxQV

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2002, Theatre Record, volume 22, numbers 10-18, page 1177",
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          "ref": "March 6 2008, Robert Wilonsky, “Fast and Loose”, in Riverfront Times, volume 32, number 10, page 28",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "keikka"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "english": "robbery",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "braquage"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "roubo"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asalto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ʒarcva",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "word": "ძარცვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Raub"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Einbruch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Überfall"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "corī",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "चोरी"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "डाका"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rapina"
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
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      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "word": "കൊള്ള"
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      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plyndring"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "skok"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "napad"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "roubo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "word": "assalto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spargere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograblénije",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ограбле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grabjóž",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грабёж"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kráža",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "кра́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "похище́ние"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vorovstvó",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "воровство́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krádež"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "lúpež"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "vykrádačka"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "robo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "atraco"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "stöt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kupp"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "word": "soygun"
    },
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "corī",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧چوری⁩"
    },
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      "roman": "ḍākā",
      "sense": "a robbery or burglary",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "крада"
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      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "robar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "atracar"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "beroven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "roven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "ryöstää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "voler"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "asaltar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "roubar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "rauben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "stehlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "koḷḷayaṭikkuka",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "കൊള്ളയടിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "plyndre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "rane"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rabować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "roubar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "jefui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krastʹ",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "красть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grábitʹ",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гра́бить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to steal, rob or hold up something",
      "word": "robar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heist"
}

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