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Noun: heist  hIst
Usage: informal
  1. The act of stealing
    - rip-off [informal]
     
  2. Robbery at gunpoint
    - armed robbery, holdup, stickup
Verb: heist  hIst
Usage: informal
  1. Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
    - burglarize [N. Amer], burglarise [Brit], burgle

Derived forms: heists, heisting, heisted

Type of: rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], robbery, steal

Encyclopedia: Heist, Germany

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