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Definition of Heist
1. Verb. Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling.
Generic synonyms: Steal
Entails: Break, Break In
Derivative terms: Burglar, Burglary, Burglary
2. Noun. The act of stealing.
Generic synonyms: Robbery
Language type: Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Derivative terms: Rip Off
3. Noun. Robbery at gunpoint.
Generic synonyms: Robbery
Derivative terms: Hold Up, Stick Up
Definition of Heist
1. Noun. A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) A heist film: a film whose plot centers around an attempted robbery. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To steal, rob(,) or hold up (something). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heist
1. to steal [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: steal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heist
Literary usage of Heist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"Syndic! of the Arquebusiers, Bartholomew ven der heist, Amsterdam Museum. ...
SYNDICS OF THE ARQUEBUSIERS, Bartholomeus van der heist, Amsterdam Museum ..."
2. Notes on the Principal Pictures in the Louvre Gallery at Paris: And in the by Charles Locke Eastlake (1883)
"198 Portrait of a Man, by Bartholomeus van der heist, GG 1613 ? ... He The Archery
Prize Award, by B. van der heist. wears a black doublet with open sleeves ..."
3. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1905)
"These are by no means the only fine Dutch pictures in the collection we are
discussing; it also contains examples of Albert Cuyp, Van der heist, ..."
4. Notes on the Principal Pictures in the Old Pinakothek at Munich by Charles Locke Eastlake (1884)
"315 Portrait of a Gentleman, \ by Barthol. van der heist, S. IV. 316 Portrait of
a Lady, ... Van der heist at his best was an admirable portrait painter, ..."
5. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants by James Sowerby, John Thomas Boswell, Phebe Lankester, John William Salter (1866)
"heist. Calyx-tube cylindrical-prismatic, not enlarged upwards. Corolla nearly
rotate, with 5 shallow lobes. Capsule generally longer than the calyx-segments ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"Since I have examined them closely, I believe that, without prejudice, heist is,
in some respects, superior to those great painters, for his style is more ..."
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