Definition of Heist

1. Noun. The act of stealing.

Exact synonyms: Rip-off
Generic synonyms: Robbery
Language type: Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Derivative terms: Rip Off

2. Verb. Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling.
Exact synonyms: Burglarise, Burglarize, Burgle
Generic synonyms: Steal
Entails: Break, Break In
Derivative terms: Burglar, Burglary, Burglary

3. Noun. Robbery at gunpoint.
Exact synonyms: Armed Robbery, Holdup, Stickup
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

heiress
heiresses
heirhead
heirheads
heiring
heirless
heirloom
heirlooms
heirophant
heirophants
heirs
heirs apparent
heirship
heirships
heishi
heist (current term)
heisted
heister
heisters
heisting
heists
hejab
hejabs
hejira
hejiras
hejra
hejras
hejtmanite
hektare
hektares

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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