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heist

noun
🔊/haɪst/
🔊/haɪst/
(informal)
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  1. an act of stealing something valuable from a shop or bank （对商店、银行贵重物、钱的）盗窃synonym robbery
    • a bank heist银行盗窃案
    • It’s a tense thriller about a diamond heist that goes badly wrong.那是个惊险刺激的钻石盗窃案故事，过程波折重重。
    • a heist movie一部盗窃题材影片
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHeist is used before these nouns:
    • movie
    Heist is used after these nouns:
    • bank
    • jewel
    • jewellery
    • …
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    Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally US): representing a local pronunciation of hoist.

heist

verb
🔊/haɪst/
🔊/haɪst/
 (informal, especially North American English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they heist
🔊/haɪst/
🔊/haɪst/
he / she / it heists
🔊/haɪsts/
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past simple heisted
🔊/ˈhaɪstɪd/
🔊/ˈhaɪstɪd/
past participle heisted
🔊/ˈhaɪstɪd/
🔊/ˈhaɪstɪd/
-ing form heisting
🔊/ˈhaɪstɪŋ/
🔊/ˈhaɪstɪŋ/
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  1. heist something to steal something valuable from a shop or bank（在商店、银行）盗窃（贵重物品）Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally US): representing a local pronunciation of hoist.