Usually means: Robbery involving planning and stealth.
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  1. heist: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. heist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heist: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. heist: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Heist, heist: Wiktionary
  9. heist: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  12. heist: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. heist: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  2. heist: A Word A Day
  3. heist: Idioms

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  1. heist, heist: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. heist: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.
noun:  (countable, uncountable) A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot; a work in such a genre.
verb:  (transitive) To steal, rob, or hold up (something).
noun:  A surname.

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