name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
heist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/haɪst/
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rhymes with -aɪst
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CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot; a work in such a genre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To steal, rob, or hold up (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
robbery at gunpoint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: armed robbery, holdup, stickup
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: robbery
noun
Meaning 6
the act of stealing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rip-off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: robbery
verb
Meaning 7
commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burglarize, burglarise, burgle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: steal
History
Etymology
Probably pronunciation variation of hoist.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кражба (kražba) — a robbery or burglary
- Bulgarian: грабеж (grabež) — a robbery or burglary
- Catalan: robatori — a robbery or burglary
- Catalan: atracament — a robbery or burglary
- Czech: loupež — a robbery or burglary
- Czech: krádež — a robbery or burglary
- Dutch: roof — a robbery or burglary
- Finnish: ryöstö — a robbery or burglary
- Finnish: keikka — a robbery or burglary
- French: braquage — a robbery or burglary
- French: casse — a robbery or burglary
- Galician: roubo — a robbery or burglary
- Galician: asalto — a robbery or burglary
- Georgian: ძარცვა (ʒarcva) — a robbery or burglary
- German: Raub — a robbery or burglary
- German: Raubzug — a robbery or burglary
- German: Einbruch — a robbery or burglary
- German: Überfall — a robbery or burglary
- Hindi: चोरी (corī) — a robbery or burglary
- Hindi: डाका (ḍākā) — a robbery or burglary
- Hungarian: rablás — a robbery or burglary
- Italian: rapina — a robbery or burglary
- Malayalam: കൊള്ള (koḷḷa) — a robbery or burglary
- Norwegian Bokmål: ran — a robbery or burglary
- Norwegian Bokmål: plyndring — a robbery or burglary
- Polish: skok — a robbery or burglary
- Polish: napad — a robbery or burglary
- Portuguese: roubo — a robbery or burglary
- Portuguese: assalto — a robbery or burglary
- Romanian: jaf — a robbery or burglary
- Romanian: spargere — a robbery or burglary
- Russian: ограбле́ние (ograblénije) — a robbery or burglary
- Russian: грабёж (grabjóž) — a robbery or burglary
- Russian: кра́жа (kráža) — a robbery or burglary
- Russian: похище́ние (poxiščénije) — a robbery or burglary
- Russian: воровство́ (vorovstvó) — a robbery or burglary
- Serbo-Croatian: pljačka — a robbery or burglary
- Slovak: krádež — a robbery or burglary
- Slovak: lúpež — a robbery or burglary
- Slovak: vykrádačka — a robbery or burglary
- Spanish: robo — a robbery or burglary
- Spanish: atraco — a robbery or burglary
- Swedish: stöt — a robbery or burglary
- Swedish: kupp — a robbery or burglary
- Turkish: soygun — a robbery or burglary
- Urdu: چوری (corī) — a robbery or burglary
- Urdu: ڈاکا (ḍākā) — a robbery or burglary
- Bulgarian: крада (krada) — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Bulgarian: ограбвам (ograbvam) — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Catalan: robar — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Catalan: atracar — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Czech: ukrást — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Czech: uloupit — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Dutch: beroven — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Dutch: roven — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Finnish: ryöstää — to steal, rob or hold up something
- French: voler — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Galician: asaltar — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Galician: roubar — to steal, rob or hold up something
- German: rauben — to steal, rob or hold up something
- German: stehlen — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Malayalam: കൊള്ളയടിക്കുക (koḷḷayaṭikkuka) — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Norwegian Bokmål: plyndre — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Norwegian Bokmål: rane — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Polish: rabować — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Portuguese: roubar — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Romanian: jefui — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Russian: красть (krastʹ) — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Russian: гра́бить (grábitʹ) — to steal, rob or hold up something
- Spanish: robar — to steal, rob or hold up something