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heist

/hahyst/US // haɪst //UK // (haɪst) slang, mainly US and Canadian //

抢劫,抢劫罪,抢劫案,劫案

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to take unlawfully, especially in a robbery or holdup; steal: to heist a million dollars' worth of jewels.
    • : to rob or hold up.

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Examples

  • So Silveti gathered a team of trusted DFS agents and his secretary, Estela, to plan the heist.

  • Two of Netflix’s three most popular original series ever are heist dramas.

  • In the first episode, Diop hatches an elaborate plot to steal a necklace that belonged to Marie Antoinette from the Louvre—and the heists only get more innovative from there.

  • Scammers will profit from crisis and confusion, especially if the heist is easy and risks are minimal.

  • Although he is imprisoned, he ultimately escapes before standing trial and goes on to pull off many other colorful heists.

  • Return fraud has been called the invisible heist—or “de-shopping.”

  • Two gunmen pulled off a daylight heist in the Diamond District and evaded every single cop.

  • He had his team practice the bank heist over and over, throwing in various possibilities and forecasting alternative measures.

  • What had started as a simple heist had now become a hostage crisis and for the next 14 hours.

  • The game ended with a Portuguese heist, but it began with an American gift.

  • As Will made his daring plunge Josh Heist on rushed to the side, and stood with starting eyes gazing at the disturbed water.

  • But apparently the job was a genuine heist, not a cover-up for something else.

  • Van der Heist and Frans Hals are sinking to the level of gifted amateurs.

  • Ef he should bother us I kin heist him on my back, easy enuf.