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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) heist
a robbery or holdup.

2. (v.t.) heist
to take unlawfully, esp. in a robbery or holdup; steal.

3. heist
to rob or hold up.
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Etymology: (1925–30, Amer.; alter. of hoist)

Definition of 'heist'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) heist, rip-off
the act of stealing

2. (verb) armed robbery, heist, holdup, stickup
robbery at gunpoint

3. (verb) burglarize, burglarise, burgle, heist
commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling

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