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heist

[hahyst] / haɪst /
NOUN
burglary, robbery
Synonyms
STRONGEST
break in caper holdup larceny theft
STRONG
crime pilferage ripoff stickup sting
WEAK
breaking and entering five-finger discount
VERB
rob, burglarize
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abduct divert loot pilfer plunder ransack remove swipe take
STRONG
appropriate burglarize embezzle housebreak lift pinch purloin shoplift snatch swindle thieve
WEAK
carry off hold up make off with rip off stick up take possession of

Example Sentences

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Pulitzer winner Stephen Adly Guirgis adapts the classic Sidney Lumet film about a Brooklyn bank heist in a production starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Other highlights from the Comic Relief: Funny for Money show include a bank heist sketch with Luther star Idris Elba.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

In a Los Angeles County jewelry heist, investigators last year linked a burner phone from a traffic accident to the heist location and to other crimes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Her departure comes just months after thieves carried out a brazen heist that stunned officials and the art world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

The Mona Lisa heist ran on the front page of Parisian newspapers every day for over a month.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.