as in to steal
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
a professional burglar was able to heist a box of jewelry from the safe in the closet
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of heist
Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2025
And the thieving magicians’ third big screen heist adventure won’t be their last — a fourth film is in development with Ruben Fleischer returning to direct.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
Tess Owen, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
Nesbit scoffs at the proposal, citing the difficulties of heisting perhaps a metric tonne of nuclear material.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for heist
Noun
In the first—the season’s shortest entry, at 39 minutes—Matt gets caught up in a bank heist.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2025
And the thieving magicians’ third big screen heist adventure won’t be their last — a fourth film is in development with Ruben Fleischer returning to direct.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
And Bannon got directly to business, spinning a tale to his viewers of Democrats plotting to heist the 2024 election.
—Tess Owen, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
Nesbit scoffs at the proposal, citing the difficulties of heisting perhaps a metric tonne of nuclear material.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for heist
Cite this Entry
“Heist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heist. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share