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See definition of heist on Dictionary.com
  • nounburglary, robbery
  • verbrob, burglarize

synonyms for heist

  • break in
  • caper
  • holdup
  • larceny
  • theft
  • crime
  • pilferage
  • ripoff
  • stickup
  • sting
  • breaking and entering
  • five-finger discount
See also synonyms for: heisted / heister / heisting
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How to use heist in a sentence

So Silveti gathered a team of trusted DFS agents and his secretary, Estela, to plan the heist.
LUNIK: INSIDE THE CIA’S AUDACIOUS PLOT TO STEAL A SOVIET SATELLITEBOBBIE JOHNSONJANUARY 28, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
In the first episode, Diop hatches an elaborate plot to steal a necklace that belonged to Marie Antoinette from the Louvre—and the heists only get more innovative from there.
INTERNATIONAL HEIST DRAMAS ARE SUDDENLY NETFLIX’S BIGGEST HITSADAM EPSTEINJANUARY 21, 2021QUARTZ
Two of Netflix’s three most popular original series ever are heist dramas.
INTERNATIONAL HEIST DRAMAS ARE SUDDENLY NETFLIX’S BIGGEST HITSADAM EPSTEINJANUARY 21, 2021QUARTZ
Scammers will profit from crisis and confusion, especially if the heist is easy and risks are minimal.
WITHOUT LEADERSHIP ON VACCINE ROLLOUT, SCAMS ARE INEVITABLEBOBBIE JOHNSONJANUARY 6, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Although he is imprisoned, he ultimately escapes before standing trial and goes on to pull off many other colorful heists.
LUPIN TRAILER OFFERS A FRESH RETELLING OF CLASSIC FRENCH GENTLEMAN THIEFJENNIFER OUELLETTEDECEMBER 3, 2020ARS TECHNICA
Perhaps your Barbies planned and executed a series of elaborate bank heists.
PLAYING BAD CAN SHAPE BEHAVIOR, BUT NOT IN THE WAY YOU THINKERIN BLAKEMORESEPTEMBER 28, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
As Will made his daring plunge Josh Heist on rushed to the side, and stood with starting eyes gazing at the disturbed water.
MENHARDOCGEORGE MANVILLE FENN
But apparently the job was a genuine heist, not a cover-up for something else.
AND THEN THE TOWN TOOK OFFRICHARD WILSON
Van der Heist and Frans Hals are sinking to the level of gifted amateurs.
A WANDERER IN HOLLANDE. V. LUCAS
Ef he should bother us I kin heist him on my back, easy enuf.
THE FREE LANCESMAYNE REID
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WORDS RELATED TO HEIST

  • break in
  • breaking and entering
  • caper
  • crime
  • filching
  • heist
  • housebreaking
  • larceny
  • owl job
  • pilferage
  • prowl
  • robbery
  • safecracking
  • second-story work
  • sting
  • theft
  • thieving
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.