heisted; heisting; heists
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Examples of heist in a Sentence
Verb
a professional burglar was able to heist a box of jewelry from the safe in the closet
Noun
it was the largest jewelry heist in the city's history
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IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2024
Plus, the Wall Street Journal told us to save money by skipping breakfast, and a man in the UK heisted thousands of dollars worth of Cadbury Creme Eggs.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 17 Feb. 2023
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2024
The actual escapades and daring heists are beautifully choreographed, but a lot of the mechanics—how a certain piece of legerdemain worked, when an impenetrable building was infiltrated—are left to the viewer's imagination.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 22 June 2024
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Verb
Nesbit scoffs at the proposal, citing the difficulties of heisting perhaps a metric tonne of nuclear material.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2024
Plus, the Wall Street Journal told us to save money by skipping breakfast, and a man in the UK heisted thousands of dollars worth of Cadbury Creme Eggs.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 17 Feb. 2023
Noun
After foiling a heist at a Red Wings game in his hometown of Detroit Rock City — because who doesn’t love a good old-fashioned snow plow-vs.-ATVs car chase — Foley gets a phone call from his old pal Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold).
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2024
The actual escapades and daring heists are beautifully choreographed, but a lot of the mechanics—how a certain piece of legerdemain worked, when an impenetrable building was infiltrated—are left to the viewer's imagination.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 22 June 2024
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“Heist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heist. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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