heist

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Probably pronunciation variation of hoist.

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

   “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.”

   “The furious reaction in Germany after 200,000 protective masks destined for Berlin mysteriously went missing in Thailand and were allegedly redirected to the US is a case in point. There is no solid proof Trump approved the heist. But it’s the sort of thing he would do – or so people believe.”

2. A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot; a work in such a genre.

   “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.”

verb

Etymology: Probably pronunciation variation of hoist.

1. To steal, rob, or hold up (something).