Associations to the word «Heist»

Wiktionary

HEIST, noun. A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.
HEIST, noun. (slang) A heist film: a film whose plot centers around an attempted robbery.
HEIST, verb. (transitive) To steal, rob, or hold up (something).

Dictionary definition

HEIST, noun. The act of stealing.
HEIST, noun. Robbery at gunpoint.
HEIST, verb. Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne